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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 Generals
Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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iment of rifles in front, in column by /•division, I directed the other regiments to follow in i!line of battle, in the order of the Wisconsin Second, ,jNew York Seventy-ninth, and New York Sixty-ninth. ; Quinbys Brave Advance. Quinbys regiment advanced steadily down the hill 1and up the ridge, from which he opened fire upon the ^jenemy, who had made another stand on ground very ;!favorable 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 battle 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 thebridgG 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 battalion of marines.fBefore reaching the crest of this hill the roadway wasiworn 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, byiorder of Major Wadsworth, of General McDowellsstaff, I ordered it to leave the roadway by the left flank,iand to attack the enemy. Wisconsin Second Repulsed. This regiment ascended to the brow of the hlllisteadily, received the severe fire of the enemy, re-eturned it with spirit, and advanced, delivering its fireThis regiment is uniformed in gray cloth, almost iden-(tical with that of the great bulk of the Secession)army, and when the regiment fell into confusion andiretreated toward the road, there was a universal cry-that they were being fired on by our own men, Theiregiment rallied again, passed the brow of the hill asecond time, but was again repulsed in disorder. Bythis time the New York Seventy-ninth h

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