. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . „Cabell wras ready to sup- | \ port him, and at once ~went into action near g. gSnyders house, about ™ |seven hundred yards » ^ i from the Peach Orchard. 3 s £\ The Federal artillery 3 (J I was ready for us and § v in their usual full force § *Vv and good practice. The °ground at Cabells posi- { tion gave little protec-tion, and he sufferedrapidly in both men andhorses. To help him Iran up Huger witheighteen guns of myown twenty-six, to War-fields house, within fivehundred yards of thePeach Orchard, andopened upon it. Thismade fifty-four
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . „Cabell wras ready to sup- | \ port him, and at once ~went into action near g. gSnyders house, about ™ |seven hundred yards » ^ i from the Peach Orchard. 3 s £\ The Federal artillery 3 (J I was ready for us and § v in their usual full force § *Vv and good practice. The °ground at Cabells posi- { tion gave little protec-tion, and he sufferedrapidly in both men andhorses. To help him Iran up Huger witheighteen guns of myown twenty-six, to War-fields house, within fivehundred yards of thePeach Orchard, andopened upon it. Thismade fifty-four guns inaction and I hoped theywould crush that partof the enemys line ina very short time, butthe fight was longer andhotter than I of my guns werefairly dismounted, soaccurate was the ene-mys fire, and the lossof men was so great £~4e?v/* / that I had to ask Gen- - / / eral Barksdale, whose brigade was lying down close behind in thewood, for help to handle the heavy twenty-four-pounder howitzers of Moodys battery. He Vsv/\. 5V 466 PICKETTS CHARGE. gave me permission to call for volunteers, andin a minute I had eight good fellows, of whom,alas! we buried two that night and sent tothe hospital three others mortally or severelywounded. At last I sent for my other twobatteries, but before they arrived McLawssdivision charged past our guns, and the enemy
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