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f orrbrw thunder bat feebly RCramsttwenty well rained Rebel guns and reminded one of the expiring strokes of anengine when (he steam is about exhausted while the clear tones of the RebelArtillery betokened confidence of a speed 1'victory. Rot the Kansas Division arrivedon* the field, at full charge, at 3 o'clockRabs Battery wheeled into position onthe Rebel left and the dismal scream ofthe shells from his ux Rifled gunschanged the aspect of the fightCapt. Hopkins' Battery of four guns,:which we captured from tbo Rebels at' iFt. Wayne, promptly wheeled into posilion on the left of Rabbs Battery, andit, too, began to send its terrible messengers of death into the grove in which thetraitors had taken post on a slight eminence, making their position one of greastrength, while we occupied some openfarms on lower ground, Allen’s Batteryof Parrot guns took position further tothe Rebel left on onr right, and alsoopened a terrible fire. At this time ageneral advance was made byforces and General Heron's Infantry, forthe purpose of dislodging the enemyfrom the woods, one of the most desperate and unequal struggle? ever witnessedon this Continent, and 1 fancy on any bythe same number of men. The incessant roar of musketry ; the dismal moanlog sound of shell; the shrieks of thewounded all combined to make one ofthe grandest, as. well as one of the mostawful scenes conceivable. Ifhe Infantryalone proved too weak to drive the Rebels out of the grove; our Regiment wasthen dismounted and joined the Infantryin the bush, and we were ordered to bo Idour position which we did in the faee ofan awful fire until about sunset. Itseemed to me that there was not possiblyroom enobgh at any poiqt for a man tostand and not get struck. There is nota tree of bush that is not perforated witha ball and some with twenty, yeiGompany **Gn stood their ground and not oneman wounded. One of our men, Yelkin* *t
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Brownville Nebraska Advertiser
Brownville, Nebraska, US
Sat, Jan 03, 1863
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