. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . JAMES M. LINNARD,Captain Co. C. HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. of Lees army. At Salem Church and Heights the enemy wasmet. Here the regiment supported Haxhammers Battery,and at daylight it was ordered on the front line, where itremained. Several of what the boys called rotten shells were fired from our battery in therear, falling among the men ofthe regiment, but had this fire discon-tinued. When the movementby the corps to the rear began,the
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . JAMES M. LINNARD,Captain Co. C. HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. of Lees army. At Salem Church and Heights the enemy wasmet. Here the regiment supported Haxhammers Battery,and at daylight it was ordered on the front line, where itremained. Several of what the boys called rotten shells were fired from our battery in therear, falling among the men ofthe regiment, but had this fire discon-tinued. When the movementby the corps to the rear began,the regiment withdrew acrossthe open field, the enemy ad-vancing ; the line would thenbe again advanced, pushingthe enemy back. This waskept up until it was quite Sixth Corps was herein position in a half circle. Itappears that Lee sent back allhis army—excepting 13,000left to confront Hooker atChancellorsville, under Gen-eral Jeb Stuart—and attacked the corps on its flanks and desperate fighting, the enemy being repulsed in all hisattacks, the lines were maintained until after dark, when, withthe balance of the corps, it was ordered to recross the river atBanks Ford. Wh
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