p.

OverviewTranscribeVersionsHelp

Facsimile

Transcription

Status: Needs Review

sheet 3
The excitement is now intense but our command is "hold
your fire until you get the order" on they come until
within a hundred yards when the cry rings out "Fire
by file" "Battalions ready" Fire! but it was almost a
volley- They waver many fall they halt they break
they rally steadily silently each loads his
piece + now Tactics having played out "give it to them
boys give them hell" + it is done with a vengeance
completely routing + drivin them back in confusion
so ended the change upon the Regt resulting in no
loss to us but to them although not positively known to
us must have been heavy
Further to our left in the front of one Brig of our Div +
in front of the 23d Corps a series of changes was made
eleven in all + as many times resulting in disaster to
them we were momentarily expecting a repetition
of their assault on us + were constantly on the alert
until midnight when everything but a skirmish line
was quietly withdrawn + crossed the river headed for
Nashville= To Col Bennett was assigned the important
yet dificult task of drawing in the skirmish line + acting
as rear guard also of destroying the bridges which may

Notes and Questions

Nobody has written a note for this page yet

Please sign in to write a note for this page