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Title: Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea ..
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Publisher: Boston, Mass., Providence, R.I., Gately & O'Gorman
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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lacing ColonelQuinbys regiment of rifles in front, in column bydivision, I directed the other regiments to follow inline of batde, in the order of the Wisconsin Second,New York Seventy-ninth, and New York Sixty-ninth. Quinbys Brave Advance. Quinbys regiment advanced steadily down the hilland up the ridge, from which he opened fire upon theenemy, who had made another stand on ground veryfavorable to him, and the regiment continued ad-vancing as the enemy gave way, till the head of thecolumn reached the point near which Ricketts batterywas so severely cut up. The other regiments de-scended the hill in line of batde under a severecannonade, and, the ground affording comparativeshelter from the enemys artillery, they changed di-rection by the right flank, and followed the road beforementioned. At the point where this road crosses thebridge to our left front the ground was swept by amost severe fire of artillery, rifles, and musketry, andwe saw, in succession, several regiments driven from
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180 GENERAL SHEEMAN. it; among them the Zouaves and battaHon of marines.Before reaching the crest of this hill the roadway was^worn deep enough to afford shelter, and I kept theseveral regiments in it as long as possible; but whenthe Wisconsin Second was abreast of the enemy, byorder of Major Wadsworth, of General McDowellsstaff, I ordered it to leave the roadway by the left flank,and to attack the enemy. Wisconsin Second Kepiilsed. This reeiment ascended to the brow of the hillsteadily, received the severe fire of the enemy, re-turned it wath spirit,, and advanced, delivering its fire.This regiment is uniformed in gray cloth, almost iden-tical with that of the s^reat bulk of the Secessionarmy, and when the regiment fell into confusion and.retreated toward the road, there was a universal cry •that they were being fired on by our own men, The:regiment rallied again, passed the brow of the hill a isecond time, but was again repulsed in disorder. Bythis time the New York Seventy-ninth

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