. . sfaction thatthey could light when so disposed. Fortunately the fences werehigh and strong and afforded excellent lines of defence, of whichthe Sixty-fourth took full advantage. A high stake-and-riderfence saved us from being cut off bodily. While we were fightingthe infantry in front, the cavalry made a circuit to our right, underr of some woods, and suddenly came out on our right rear,where they were checked by the fence, While they were openinga gap to get through, the Sixty-fourth fell back to another fence,with the loss of a
. . sfaction thatthey could light when so disposed. Fortunately the fences werehigh and strong and afforded excellent lines of defence, of whichthe Sixty-fourth took full advantage. A high stake-and-riderfence saved us from being cut off bodily. While we were fightingthe infantry in front, the cavalry made a circuit to our right, underr of some woods, and suddenly came out on our right rear,where they were checked by the fence, While they were openinga gap to get through, the Sixty-fourth fell back to another fence,with the loss of a few men cut off on the exposed flank. Our last stand was made in the edge of the woods, withinwhich Bradleys brigade was drawn up in line of battle. Thecover was good and the regiment made a desperate defence. Bythis time a number of Cleburnes regiments had come up andwere deployed in our front, when a staff officer from GeneralBradley came out with an order for us to fall back to the mainline and let them come on. When we got back, General Bradley i864.] 639. ROBERT s. GRANGER, MAJOR, FIFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. Commandant at Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Ohio, 1861.
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