. Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea .. . the other side of;the stone bridge. I directed Captain Ayres to take:position with his battery near our right and to open fireon this mass; but Baird had previously detached thetwo rifle-guns belonging to this battery, and, findingthat the smooth-bore guns did not reach the enemysposition, we ceased firing, and I sent a request thatBaird would send to me the thirty-pounder rifle-gunattached to Captain Carlisles battery. At the sametime I shifted the New York Sixty-ninth to the extremeright of the brigad
. Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea .. . the other side of;the stone bridge. I directed Captain Ayres to take:position with his battery near our right and to open fireon this mass; but Baird had previously detached thetwo rifle-guns belonging to this battery, and, findingthat the smooth-bore guns did not reach the enemysposition, we ceased firing, and I sent a request thatBaird would send to me the thirty-pounder rifle-gunattached to Captain Carlisles battery. At the sametime I shifted the New York Sixty-ninth to the extremeright of the brigade. Thus we remained till we heardthe musketry-fire across Bull Run, showing that thehead of Colonel Hunters column was firing was brisk, and showed that Hunter wasdriving before him the enemy, till about noon, whenit became certain the enemy had come to a stand, andthat our forces on the other side of Bull Run wereall engaged, artillery and infantry. m :,o!!!!,u5 fill liiili Hniiinii|iii Ml i: i i!a,.ir ?? |lil!«fi« lllllPP^^ r ?\ i|- l»t ilJii* <7<, ?lf».. ( MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES B. MPHERSON.
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