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left centre, in Iront of lieneral Hancock's corps.— This is the place where a whole Florida Brigade surrendered, and is marked by a large pile of muskets, cartridge-boxes, knapsacks, «fcc., lt;kc. Out Batteries got an enfilading fire on them at the time they charged our line, and rather than risk being annihilated by running through that sweeping fire of grape, canistcr, shell and shrapnell, they surrendered. On this portion of the line, a body of rebels actually chargod up to our guzs and some laid their hands upon them. Many of them had their brains knockcd out by our men with tho butts of thair guns! I was talking this evening with a rebel Lieutonant (wounded) whoiwas in that charge. I asked him—“After your men got tbeir hands on our guns, what did they do then?” lie sat fora moment, and then remarked, “They faded aicay V* So it was from our centro to our extreme left—when tho rebels charged, they faded away. Some of the hardest fighting was done inside of what was, two weeks ago, a beautiful cemetery, but now torn to piecos.— Horses are strewn thick all ovor the field, and they have just commenced to burn them.
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Crawfordsville Weekly Journal
Crawfordsville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 23, 1863
Page 2
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USA 26 Oct 2019
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