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Title: Ohio in the war : her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
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Publisher: Cincinnati New York : Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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, who now swarmed upon its front and right flank;but it fought until one-flnijth its number lay upon the field, and till all itsbrigade commanders were gone.-- As Sheridan came out of the cedars, with his riddled but still compactdivision, he rode up to Eosecrans, pointing to his men : Here is all that is leftof us, General. Our cartridge-boxes are empty, and so are our guns. Meantime Eosecrans had been busy re-forming tlie line, grouping batterieson the crest of the knoll near the turnpike, once or twice heading charges torepel advancing Eebel columns. With the lines re-formed, tho rest of the battlewa.s simple. l>y eleven oclock the rout of McCooks corps was over, the newformation was complete, and a lull had come. Then followed assault afterassault, mainly upon the left. All were handsomely re))ulse(l; and in all tho •From the admirable account of tlic battle furnJKlicd by Mr. W. S. Fumy to tlic CincinnatiGazelU. William S. Rosecrans. 331
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William S. Rosecrans. 333 presence of Eosecrans himself was the inspiring feature. Garesches head wasblown from his body as he galloped by the side of the General* in one of thesemovements. Eichmond and Porter, of the staff, were shot. Kirby Avas shot.Two or three orderlies were sliot; and nearly a dozen of the staff lost theirhorses. To every remonstrance about this personal exposure, the General onlyreplied: This battle must be won. When Garesche fell, his most intimateand trusted friend, the General made no sign. But, a moment later, he thun-dered uj) to a regiment and ordered it to charge. So, with unretrieved disaster in the morning, and with handsome defensethrough the afternoon, the day ebbed out with the ebbing fire. Twenty-eightpieces of artillery had been lost; seven thousand men lay dead and wounded onthe field. The General galloped back and selected ground, a few miles in therear, to which, in case of necessity, the retreat could be conducted; thenreturned to his corps com

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