. . nklin. Thebrigades of Conrad andLane were immediatelyposted upon either side ofthe Columbia pike, abouthalf a mile in front of themain line of Union in-trench ments. Conradsbrigade faced directly south-ward, east of the pike, uponwhich its right rested, con-necting with Lanes left,west of the pike. TheSixty-fifth was upon theextreme left Sank, the Six-ty-fourth joining its will presently beseen how these hapless bri-gades were made to sufferfor somebodys atrociousand inexcusable blunder-ing, and how, by the samemaladroit
. . nklin. Thebrigades of Conrad andLane were immediatelyposted upon either side ofthe Columbia pike, abouthalf a mile in front of themain line of Union in-trench ments. Conradsbrigade faced directly south-ward, east of the pike, uponwhich its right rested, con-necting with Lanes left,west of the pike. TheSixty-fifth was upon theextreme left Sank, the Six-ty-fourth joining its will presently beseen how these hapless bri-gades were made to sufferfor somebodys atrociousand inexcusable blunder-ing, and how, by the samemaladroit performance, thesafety of the army was again seriously jeopardized. By somestrange theory of combat, these brigades were placed in this ad-vanced position and held there as a sort of cushion, to receive thefirst impact of the expected charge and deaden its initial are questions touching the responsibility for ihis amazingfolly which will never be sufficiently answered to dispel the fogin which the subject is enveloped. It is declared on the one. THOMAS H. B. JOHNS!SEKGKANT COMPANY K. SIXTY-FIFTH,k-BEARER AT MISSIONARY RIDGE. DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY. hand that General Wagners orders were to so place these bri-gades for the purpose of observation, and that if the enemy de-veloped an assault in force they should not fight there, but retirebehind the line of intrenchments. A single regiment deployedas skirmishers would have beet] far better. It would have an-swered every purpose of ttion, and there would have beenno possibility of the well-nigh fatal mistake which marked theOpening of the battle. On the other hand General Wagner, tothe day of his death, averred that his orders were for Lane andConrad to make stout resistance and hold the advanced positionas long as possible. At all events, such were the directions givento regimental and company commanders and they were obeyed,with results that were necessarily calamitous ; by no possibilitycould they have
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