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mg on. Clio bioiike *asao thick that we cuuiij not e howto phoot only from the lUh of their guns ahou sixty yards \n our *dvuice. in ti itches. The «»r«ie w s soon giv.-n fo*ltix w^onet^atid “charge, ’ wl«* on*‘ loui nod c *n inu'iua ,\H was ariweti ana m went djwu th- hi!} rtjud over he trees 'he* hat! cu ii vrn in trout of their breast works, then mouuin, Uuiremren hmenume j.«t t(oil to fiuht wm, thlt; point t me ba.vnhec “Forward. t r an!. vas the cry,ami on we welt;*t with a ru»h. vei uVlloud as we could, up a srKvhil.. kHliig tm* V nte, ■nv hundreds. As*soon us we roach^d the top ot tin h JJ. we Had \h* Va I •« in full route nuu makiiurriiroftt spied through the rcatnpr, M the* time w,weie iinog aid loading as U+t as we could * a fv0 , *»f us whs m op**h «h at H M and as fur as w • . ou lt;so Vere their eon.mis-ary *tnrt**, Innebu* hi-ikey c.. ail d anted. But about this* lime. twlt;hundred .turd* i » front of us, a hattery of 7 gun* w.,* pouri g grape, can aterumi hoiuts amongst us, The\ had no effect on our brave hoj s. We cha ged on wV o k the imttery o' Tfeaiuitul brass ennuon. Out regiment took also a whole regiment of Yankees ano two fly-s. 2d aid 4th N. «1. Durmpr »l!\he time w, we e fighting, the 4th Texas. 1st Texas and Ib’iiGeorgia were lt;n our I ft, fighdog hard and stufmjiiu entrenchments, and took a battery each. T, c* brU ada*oolt; 26 pieces of artilh ry of the finest make. ° By this fime nigh* came on. and wlt;* .»k*pt in the cn erav a camps on the batth field, whe^e the dead modying yere thick on aiI Bides. The fifth T«v,8 Us ubouMOO killed and wound-d The 4th 'IVvuovtH 200, the 1st about 1011 the 18th-Qa. over 200. Ouif'nnmQrm f ka TYSvSa I) f.. rv . _ «Company, the Dixie Blues, suffered tnoie than anv the regiment; we had 15 killed and wounded. YVtmTA f Ka U At ffl -i.— Tr\ . .
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 29, 1862
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