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tfUUUBUU.On Saturday, the lflth, the main battle was loined on the right. Our l)ue corresponding to that ot the enemy* wai in the form of a orescent, with the c»»n vexity towards the Federals. Polk commanding the right wing and Lottgjitreet the left. About $ o'clock, the fire extended down to (tut portion of the line occupied by this brigade, which was near the centre— thence swept on in steady volliei to the left. The enemy was at this moment ti e assailant, probably with view to divert our at'eotim from the extreme left, which whs ie!ig closely pressed by Cheatham and other command/rs on that w iog. Por an hour this attack waa fierce, hut as t'ubbornly resisted, it being a fair stand up fight wi h musketry, and with no shelter save that afforded by the aoaiiertd trees. The uneven, rugged nature of the ground has already been described and: both parlier possessed like advantage-*. During the heavy fusillade* when, to use the language of my narrator, ’* the bulieta flaw so thickly that their wind tanned the hair of the men,” Liet. Col Turner, qomum-d.ug the 30lh Tenn., fell uverely wounded;;Licut. Col. Heaumont, ot (he5Qfh was kllUd; Lieut Col. Thomson, of the iilth, lost a leg, and nearly half the ofllcera 01 the Hue were either killed or wounded.A'ter abou an hour of unequal combat th* 2Uth NoitU Carolina, and llie 25th Arknusas, from Me Nair’a Brigade, were ordered to the support of Gen. Gregg, and the mapnt-r in which they “supported” their unflinching comrades in front Is worthy or mention. Advancing at a quick step until they reached the line, tno crder w-»s then given to “charge,” when, with a true S u*hern yell—which a Yankee wiit^r calls “infernal”—they broke into a run and dashed forward. The rauksof the Texas and the 3 1 Teun. were a heady desitnattd, but determined not to he outdone. Col G/aobury shouted hit j o der to advance, and joining lindr yel's with those * of the Arkansasians on the le t, tlio regimenti aurUd i in a wild race to win the field. Down the slope, j across the fields, through hedges went the now i-xcUod l men, and rep a dies* of the rain of death Out was poured into them from left, right and front, rolled against the .Federal line like an avalanche The; eneoty not faiticg to reielve the tdiok. staggered before the gleam , f the gUtttmg bay one a, which in another moment woutd have been *hea»hed in their, bodies, then turned and fled in confusion, followed for five hundred yards or more by our 'ictorous troops. The little command had penetra e * au entire Yankee division like a wedge. The enemy were before them and on either side, discharging their vials of wrath with a vehemence which in a few moments threatened uiter annihilation. Under th*se clrcurn-i s'aDces Gregg was compelled to withdraw, which he did to a distance about half way from the original position llere the command rallied and made a second charge, again breakiug the enemy’s line. In this charge Col Granbury, of the 7th Texas, fell wounded by a shell in the groin, bat the three regi meats now held the position until the remainder of Gregg's and McNeil’s brigades came up. In a f*W minutes mo e we had a Ftderal battery.
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Galveston Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 11, 1863
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