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IVM'I » uuiMt up n IJUU KM III l the Y Hofc. *I *\v hundreds An'KoiiH ua we reached the top ot tinh H we Udil tin Y,t le-a in full route ilt;iilt;] uiMkiii.r*ilroai ajn.td through the rcatnpF, M the* Urue w,weiefirug «m\ loading nlt;U*t as wecouJrf *-rt fv0 , of us w ia id op**ti ttJU-.m ti M and aa fur a* w • . uu lt;so vet e their cm tups commissary ttnrt**, binebu * hi lt;key c . all d scited. But about this* lime, twlt;hundred .ar«ls i * front of us, a battery »t 7 guns w.,v pouri g grape, can ater umi bomba amongst us. The\had no effect on our brave hoj s. We eha ged on tuVo k ihe batteiy o' Tfcautitul brass cannon. Out regloeut took also a whole regiment of Yankees am. two xUg.s« 2d i»d 4th N* «1. During »l!\he time w, we e fighting, the 4th Texas. 1st Texas and Georgia were lt;n our I ft, fighdog hard and sturmiug entrench merits, and took a battery each. T. c* brb* ade t0os 26 pieces or artilh ry of the finest make. ° By this time nigh* came on. and we hlept in the eri emv a camps on the hatth field, whe^e the dead a m dying yere thick on ai I rides.. The fifth Texas Usabout 100 killed and wound* d The 4th IVvuover 200, the 1st about iOU the 18th-Qa. over 200. Out Company, the Dixie Blues, suffered tnoie than anv it. the regiment; we had 15 killed and wounded. viwJell by side while In the chatge. Brave?y. bravely did | he die for his country, as thousands have already beioic him, and an thousands will yet do in def m e o*I our liberty. Bob Pearson, from Brenham a * brave fellow, vu killed before we made the charge, bysome one in the rear from a Gs Kegiment. jmos«Cooper, a true and brave fellow, was killed by a
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 29, 1862
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