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VJVJD PICTURE OF BATTLE.As a vivid pen-picture of a battle. ; have never rend anythin*? more graphic than the following’, whitteii by “A. L. P..' in a letter to The Floridian from Culpepper Court House, on July 20. 1963, referring to the battle of Fredericksburg: “The next morning early our division was marched to the edge of some large open lields. in a piece of woods. As we passed Me Law's division. 1 saw old 13. again. We all gave him a shout. He looked serious, for he knew that our division was going to the front. Our division. Anderson’s, is the right of Hill’s corps, and joined Longstreet’s left. Wilcox’s brigade is on the right of our division, and we are next to them. The line of battle -'xtended from Gettysburg on the left for or lt;» miles to Longstreet’s right. Tiie battle field was large open fields, tolerably level, with no good position for our cannon. About a mile and a half in front of us the enemy had splen din positions to fall back upon A range of high hills or heights with entrenchments. Their first lino of infantry was drawn up in the open fields just before us. They had three lines of battle, we hut one. The plan was for Longstreet and Ewell to attaek and drive' them toward Hill, when we would advance and our l«Ti and right joining Ewell and Longstreet would charge forward and drive them o:i.The battle commenced earlv and for hours we lay down and listened to the sound of the battle raging on both sides of us; at iat't it drew nearer and nearer
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Atlanta Sunny South
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sat, Oct 17, 1903
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