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| Gen. Ord was wounded and taken from the ' held. All that could be doDe was to bold the ground. In our present position no advancecould be made—and we awaited orders.the bridge and kept up a vigorous firu on the enetuv., At this time Maj. Gen. Hurl but came to the front and took nomine mi. By bis order Imoved tbe 46th Illinois, 68th Ohio, and 12tb . Michigan across the river and to tbe left of the road.’ The whole Division now moving forward,# sharp fighting took place on my left which lasted only a Abort time when the enemy• gave away, and the battle, so far as the in-* fantry was concerned, had closed., My command moved steadily up on the left ; of the road through a large open field to the top of the ridge in the field. The enemy had ' retired to the edge of the woods and placed a '* battery there to rake the hill as we advanced. I baited my line in a position to protect it from the artillery of tbe enemy, and bad ju-1 given the order to Colonel Hall to watch bis opportunity and charge and take their hat-. t«ry at the first moment hejbund it practica-. ble, and was turn log to tbe .right to tee tbe position of our batteries, when ! was struck by * grape shot, producing a severe contusionBolton's and Ma-un’s batteries had crosseddotnpeUed mo for a time to quit the*
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Indianapolis Daily Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Mon, Oct 27, 1862
Page 2
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