. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ed the troops had been brought out on tin-night of the 1st and placed in position just inthe rear of their own picket line. The dark-ness hid the intended movement even from thewatchful eyes of the Confederate pickets. Or-ders for the strictest silence had been imposedupon each man. But suddenly the picket^broke out firing, and it was only with great ex-ertions that the officers quieted the Fedemloutposts. The men in the columns had main-tained their positions without a soimd—not ashot fired, not a word uttered. .
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ed the troops had been brought out on tin-night of the 1st and placed in position just inthe rear of their own picket line. The dark-ness hid the intended movement even from thewatchful eyes of the Confederate pickets. Or-ders for the strictest silence had been imposedupon each man. But suddenly the picket^broke out firing, and it was only with great ex-ertions that the officers quieted the Fedemloutposts. The men in the columns had main-tained their positions without a soimd—not ashot fired, not a word uttered. .\t half-pastfour in the early morning a signal gun fromFort Fisher boomed and flashed through theearly light. Hushing forward, breaking the Con-federate line of outposts, down streamed theblue masses upon the main line of the their faces the men in gray poured deadl>volleys from behind the earthworks and lines ofspiked abatis. The latter were rolled aside,carried by main force and tossed into tlicditches. General Wright, in cummand of this. .\B.\TIS .\.\D DEFEXDEK IN THE DITCH
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