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At daylight the 'engagement begin, enemy seemed to have massed his troops our;left aod, made a moat, ,vigorous attack lift that Mrectlon'before suhmd* at ^firet fitful and^oytt^tiofiK U.Wiii soon enemy plied his artillery, and his infantry yaq^andit soon h^ame evident thtrtatiaSffar ^hadSuppoeacL In iapfew annmflnta vmore rebels were Id sight upon our loft op nearer and nearer to the thin line of which separated’us from them.It was the duty of this line to hold the rebels and drive them back 5 ; but, to our mortification and dismay, we saw them at one/point wars; and at ahpther injgloi lonely abandon their pe^fences and run,; without ai0chaTging a single volley, leaving a.great gap through; whteh *we could be' attacked—onr * left tuVhed, and tbe most disastrous consequences be Inflicted at the very beginning of the ehgageineht. IUnder these circumstances whafc was to) be done ? There was p time to be lost. Cherny was making for the snug cover a doned hy onr troops,' If they could once attain that position were completeiy^fianked. But there was a brigade commander not;- far off/not easily prised. His eye caught and his mind comdre headed the emergency. Dashing,to ;the leif of the brigade, he ordered the 84th and iiOthj to tytifate, double quick, mcanckI and in less tone than it takts to record it these. two regiments startedonwrace forthesame cover abandonedwerVdW««PPft.JWj^toed i»d temy back, held the position anddrove the enemy.captured1 several prisonere/who hftd advanced too far toinake good their retreat. Hot oni of our men hesitated or; faltei^di wh-’ j iI need hot say pol. Bowman was the brigpde commander-alluded .to^-nor need I say he is an I exceedingly, able commander in action, but these, are sad and fearful times, and he will pardon ;the liberty I ani taking' with hihntme. I think his inen would follow him any where, even in the face of death. 1 i ' IHe charged us to hold the position at \ all hazards and at any cost, and right well didiwd do it for two hours. \It was a terrible battle, and onr part of ifciras
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Harrisburg Evening Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 14, 1863
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