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Title: The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps. A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: (Brown, Edmund Randolph) 1845- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Monticello, Ind.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y were hit. It was but aitnomentary glance, taken while loading, but what it re-vealed can never be effaced from memory. The only othertime the writer has any clear recollection of taking especialnote of the effect of our fire, was in the charge of the SouthCarolina brigade on Rugers brigade at Chancellorsville.There the sides were more equally matched and while the SouthCarolinians were desperately punished, the relative effect-iveness of the fire was no greater. Here at Winchester therange was so good, and the enemy so massed that, with anydim at all, it was simply impossible to miss. Still, the fire did not bring the enemy to a halt or changehis course. Among those nearest to us there was some con- TAVENTV-SEVENTir INDIANA 147 fusion noticeable, some passin<r to and fro, as if oHlcers were•holding the men to their places. But in the main the greatmass moved on its course as though unmolested. What mighthave happened if the fire had continued longer it is needlessto conjecture.
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In the meantime the Twentv-ninth Pennsylvania had fol-aowed us over the hill. Soon after we faced southward andstarted down towards the fence, they passed us and con-tinued on beyond. Shortly after they had gone by, an order 148 HISTORY OF THE \vas repeated along our line to cease firing, about face andmove to the rear. Any one knowing anything of the noiseand confusion of a battle, and how completely absorbed menbecome in the work of loading and liring, will understandhow difficult it was, under ^^uch circumstances, to get all themen to come to attention. It was necessary now for the lineofficers, and the file-closers also, to repeat and reiteratethe command. \\hen the order was finally understood it wasreceived with very general disapproval. IVlany protestedurgently that we could hold our position and repulse theenemv, and they fell in ranks to retire, with lagging steps. In getting positions along the fence, where we could ac-complish something, our formation was, of course, broken

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