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it would be by attacking it as it stood and exposing my flank to the appr.khing force, I awaited until the re-enforcements got into position. I he att u k was then ordered.Wharton charged the enemy’s extreme left with greatand ra ine ind dm mgk the enemy’s infantr\ -■ .1 hundred yards. This movement placed in p ssion .1 skirt of w ds and an eminence of gre.it importance to our success, on our• -1 ' i' h. . ‘ ■ . i : . ' trades lt;•! lt;ieher.ilCheatham, under BrigaJieM»lt; erals Dondson, Stew irt; Manev. mounted fin ind difficult cliffsof Chaplin River in gallant tyle, and moved forward upon the enei::\'s position with t most determined courage. I heir approach was met hy a storm of shot, shell and musketrv from sev eral batteries strongly posted, andsupported b\ heavy ma s of infantry, rheir pi esswas, nev ertheless, steadily onward: and although mowed down by well-directed \ ollevsof musketry and well-served a.tillery. the .. ps thuspn*d linourliiw were promptly filled, and our 1 »s | i \ ird with resistlessrgy, dm ing the enemy before them, and capturing three ot his I ies. In tins movement the enemy’s lelt was forced back about a mile, until his three lines w ere pressed into oi | »r*.ed. he recoveredone lt;t his batteries, but did not attempt to regain any of the ground lie h id lost. This charge of these brigades was one of the most heroic and brilliant nun ements of the war. Considering the disparity t the numbers of the troops engaged, the strength of the enemy's position, the murderous char.u ter of the tire under whuh they had to advance, the steadiness w ith which they endured the havoc whkh was being made in their tanks, their knowledge that they were without anv supporting force, the firmness with which they mo\ed upon the enemy's masses of infantry and artillery, it w ill compare favorably with the most brilliant achievements of historic valor. In this tharge General James S. Jackson, who commanded a div ision of the enemy, w as killed amid the guns of one of the batteries that was taken.While directing the operations in this part of the field Ireceived a message from lt;ieneral Bragg informing me that the right center, occupied by a portion of the troops of (ieneral Hardee, was hard pressed, and suggesting the sending re-enforcements to its relief. 1‘lns was done at the earliest moment, the brigades ot lt;ienerals Stewart and Oonelson being detached for that purpose. These generals advanced their brigades in gallant style on the right of that of lt;ieneral Cleburne, and, in conjunction with that efficient officer, drove the enemy w ith great * slaughter from his successive positions a full mile and a half.As the enemv was yielding toward the clo«e of the day, the brigade of Brigadier-General laddell approached
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Stephenville Empire Tribune
Stephenville, Texas, US
Mon, Jan 06, 1975
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