. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . ut thethrough which ran a railroad embankment. Beyond this breaking of our right and center and the weight of theembankment the forest continued, and the correspond- enemys lines caused the necessity of falling back, firsting heights beyond were held by the enemy in force, to the embankment, and then to our first position,supported by artillery. At 3 P. iu I received tin order to behind which we rallied to our colors. \ Both on Friday and Satu
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . ut thethrough which ran a railroad embankment. Beyond this breaking of our right and center and the weight of theembankment the forest continued, and the correspond- enemys lines caused the necessity of falling back, firsting heights beyond were held by the enemy in force, to the embankment, and then to our first position,supported by artillery. At 3 P. iu I received tin order to behind which we rallied to our colors. \ Both on Friday and Saturday afternoons therewas desperate fighting about the railroad cut andembankment opposite, and to the right of the siteof the battle monument (see map, p. 473). On Fri-day afternoon drovers brigade, of Hookers divis-ion, here charged Jacksons center before Kearnyssuccessful and bloody charge on Jacksons led 5 regiments, altogether about 1 , and in 20 minutes lost 486, or nearly one-third of his command. In his report, GeneralGrover says: advance in line of battle over this ground, pat Editors. 47g THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL m THE HALT ON THE LINE OF BATTLE. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. repulsed by the batteries of Braxton, Crenshaw, and Pegram. About 2 oclock P. M. theFederal infantry, in large force, advanced to the attack of our left, occupied by the divisionof General Hill. It pressed forward in defiance of our fatal and destructive fire with greatdetermination, a portion of it crossing a deep cut in the railroad track, and penetrating inheavy force an interval of nearly 175 yards, which separated the right of Greggs from the leftof Thomass brigade. For a short time Greggs brigade, on the extreme left, was isolated fromthe main body of the command. But the 14th South Carolina regiment, then in reserve, withthe 40th Georgia, left of Colonel Thomas, attacked the exultant enemy with vigor and drovethem back across the railroad track with great slaughter. . Ge
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