. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . harged withthe neo-io britrade, and driven out their defenders on therun. But the feeling of the troops somewhat changed asthey now came to a halt, and found themselves in =^--- -<_- ~, ^ front of a strong line of % defences, r u n n i n g faraway
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . harged withthe neo-io britrade, and driven out their defenders on therun. But the feeling of the troops somewhat changed asthey now came to a halt, and found themselves in =^--- -<_- ~, ^ front of a strong line of % defences, r u n n i n g faraway to the north andsouth, while their gunswere posted to sweep theditches and ravines of thebroken ground, and topour a cross fire over thelevel spaces. It was impossible toknow that these strong earthworks were really verypoorly defended, and General Smith, with a caution thatproved very unfortunate in the end, deferred the assaultuntil near sunset, so as to make the most carefulpieparations. The assailing: columns showed three distinct faces tothe enemy, Kautz, with his brigade, was well to theleft; Brooks occupied the centre, and Martindale lay onthe ricrht. The sun hun^: low in the heavens when theorder to charge went out to the division commanders, andpassed from man to man along the line. How do you feel, now, Yail? asked Captain Knox,. RIFLE PITS. 326 KNAPSACK AND BIFLE. as the regiment stood in charging column, waitingimpatiently for the word. *Got any of last nightspremonitions? !No, smiled Tail, in reply. To-days sun hasbanished them. As he spoke the order to charge passed along the line,and with a loud cheer and a wild dash the men sprangforward. From the entrenchments before them came a line offire, and a shower of bullets swept the intervening cannon also roared defiance and sent their plungingballs through the charging ranks. Here and there men dropped dead and wounded. Yetthe volley was really not a very heavy one, and the grimveterans did not take the tr
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