. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . W%i. CAPTURE OF A CONFEDERATE EATTEET. Colonel Robert H. Sturgess (Sth Illinois lulantrj-) says iu his official re-port that while awaiting orders on the Purdy road, during the morning ofthe .second days fight, General Crittenden ordered the Eighth andEightccntli I Illinois) to take a rebel battery which some regiment had en-deavored lo luiifini, but had been driven back with heavy loss. The menreeeiAcd tlic nnliT with a cheer, and charged on a double-quick. Theenemy, after firing
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . W%i. CAPTURE OF A CONFEDERATE EATTEET. Colonel Robert H. Sturgess (Sth Illinois lulantrj-) says iu his official re-port that while awaiting orders on the Purdy road, during the morning ofthe .second days fight, General Crittenden ordered the Eighth andEightccntli I Illinois) to take a rebel battery which some regiment had en-deavored lo luiifini, but had been driven back with heavy loss. The menreeeiAcd tlic nnliT with a cheer, and charged on a double-quick. Theenemy, after firing a tew shots, abandoned his guns and retreated to thewoods. My ciilnr-bcari-r rnslicd up and planted his colors on one of , and the color-bearer of the Eighteenth took possession of another. S28 SHILOH REVIEWED. and especially the Ijrigade of Colonel Stuart, which liad been separated from the division allthe day before; and at the appointed time the division, or, rather, what remained of it. with(he 13th Missouri and other frajnuents, marched forward and reoecupied the ground on theextreme light of General
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