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Title: History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865)
Publisher: York, Pa., Press of the York daily
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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y, Ricketts and Grovermoved forward. The Confederates opening fire along theirwhole front and the battle raged with the greatest fury. Theadvance was pressed in a resolute manner, and the resistanceby the enemy being equally determined, and both sides, fight-ing without cover, the casualties were very great. Getty andRicketts, in connection with Wilsons cavalry forced Ramseursand Rodes Divisions steadily toward Winchester, while Groverbroke up Evans Brigade of Gordons Division. But his pur-suit of Evans increased an interval that had already been madeby. the deflection of Ricketts to the left, in obedience to instruc-tions, that had been given him to guide his division on the Ber-ryville pike. As the line pressed forward Ricketts observedthis widening interval, and endeavored to fill it with the smallbrigade of Colonel Keifer. At this time, the Confederate artil-lery opened with canister at short range, doing fearful execu-tion. This was followed dv the divisions of Gordon and Rodes V
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206 making a charge upon the weak spot, where the right of the 6thCorps and the left of the 19th should have been in conjunction.This resulted in checking the advance by driving back, part ofRicketts Division and the most of Grovers. Sheridan now ordered Russells Division, which had been inreserve, to be put into action. Uptons Brigade, of this divi-sion, led in person by both Russel and Upton, charged forwardso vigorously as to drive the Confederates back to their origi-nal position. This charge of Russell was most opportune, butit cost many men in killed and wounded. Among the latterwas the courageous Russell himself, who was killed by a pieceof shell that passed through his heart. The 6th Corps lost anable soldier. A lull in the battle now followed. Sheridan improved thistime in re-establishing the right of his line, some distance inadvance of the position from which he had started in the fore-noon. Behind Russells Division, now commanded by Uptonthe broken regiments of Ricketts Di

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