. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . the courage of men. And there on that bright sunny Sabbath morning dawn,up in the streets of Fredericks-burg stood two regiments strip-ped for the battle — awaiting asa sense of relief the order tocharge at precisely a quarterof eleven by the clock in thechurch spire. The column moved out onthe road and in column offours, the Sixty-first in the ad-vance and left in front followedby the Eighty-second, right infront, taking up the doublequick, soon quickening to a run,
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . the courage of men. And there on that bright sunny Sabbath morning dawn,up in the streets of Fredericks-burg stood two regiments strip-ped for the battle — awaiting asa sense of relief the order tocharge at precisely a quarterof eleven by the clock in thechurch spire. The column moved out onthe road and in column offours, the Sixty-first in the ad-vance and left in front followedby the Eighty-second, right infront, taking up the doublequick, soon quickening to a run,and with a yell as if in defi-ance of the enemys streng-th ■ ^ &■ JAMES GIBSOX, JOUNMcCLUXG, went down across the bridge ^o, e. That suit of Blue and up the heights until close enough to hear their voices asthey seemed to laugh in mockery of our danger. Suddenly asif the gates of hell had opened, belched forth the fire of theenemy, artillery and infantry pouring down the narrow road-way, canister and bullets rattling like hail, and dealing deathand making ghastly wounds. Can we stand this rain of 282 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
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