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I anlt;1 our men rrew rampant ami wanted i-» have a hand. P*»eler was perfectly be-| side himself, be was acting as aide r. ! Onlnnel !#ang. who has been in command or the brigade, General Perry being absent from sickness, vt last Wilcox. wit a ' la y'?l 1. rushed into the field. Attontior;! ran down our linos. Fix bayonets! for-| v.-aro: guide center: double iuick!!march.'::Screeching, whooping and yelling lik-1 a cages. the Flo: ida brigade jumps iho •‘ nee and “put in. Peeler was the only man on horseback. With the most reck-; loss daring he dashed up and down th . lit:o, hurrahing and encouraging the men and keeping the line dressed on Wilcox. Our skirmishers were hot at It just m front. Torn Shine, wii • was with the skirmishers just in front of us, was rh j first man shot. II.* felt with a ball ihmugh ids thigh. We nassed over him.! I have heard that his wound is not se-| rious. O'd Wiley Arkinson. in our company. was the next man wounded. The hall made a terrible racket as ic crashed through his !-g. In front, on the lop of • ■ a nth . was rail fence; here we laid down a few minutes. until Wright could dress up i,» us. The minnie halls, -•rape s!v f and shelf were coining thick. V rfie order we rose and jumped tlia fence, and th«re Mr. Yank was. I.ong lines of blue coats stretching to the right and lett and stid other lines behind that . ntheir rear on eminences were their* batteries, shooting ovt ih-'ir hcaos into our ranks, and -tin away off more .ban a : mile, rose a high hill fairlv bristling witlt j i nun on frr.m top to bo.tom. Th V had ditches, riflo pits aid entrenchimMi' foil’ ir ml in try. Our single line nrc;-s %d on driving their rir-r line against the se.*.md T hat. tco. gaa e way as our men with .veils and screams pressed forward. *ach one trying to get ahead of the other! Aii. Join:, it was a terrible scene! Th* grape shot, canister nnd shell fairly tore gaps through our ranks. 1 saw tli.it .1 1 y seme times 1 dozen men fall at once.
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Atlanta Sunny South
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sat, Oct 17, 1903
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