Identifier: boysof61orfoury00coff (find matches)
Title: The boys of '61; or, Four years of fighting. Personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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rd New Yorkmove over the bridge across the canal. Their advance is thesignal for all the lines. The men rise from the ground wherethey have been lying sheltered from the Rebel shells. TheRebel batteries above them are in a blaze. The stone-wall atthe base of the hill is aflame. Barksdale sees the threateningaspect. I am hard pressed, is his message to Wilcox. Sendme reinforcements. But Gibbon is moving on Wthe latter cannot respond. Cool and steady the advance. The hills rain canisunken road is a sheet of flame. But onward intowith a cheer, heard above the roar of battle upon 1Falmouth hills, they leap into the sunken road and cRebels defending it. They climb the hill. Steep tThey feel the hot breath of the cannon in their facroll to the bottom of the hill, the lamp of life extingever; but their surviving comrades do not falter. r\the crest, leap over ^e breastworks, and seize the gunMassachusetts, V<j mont, New York, and Wisconsithe intrenchmenty and rend the air with victorious (
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LEADING A CHARGE. 1863.) LLORSVTLLE. 205 Barksdale pi1 i horse and rides to the rear, leav- ing half of his eight guns in the hands of the victors. Barksdale says: — The distance from town to the points assailed was so short, theattack so suddenly made, and the difficulty of removing troops from onepart of the line to another was so great, that it was utterly impossiblefor either General Wilcox or General Hayes to reach the scene ofaction in time to afford any assistance whatever. * There was consternation in the Rebel lines. Early fled downthe Telegraph road. Hayes also ran. Wilcox, who was notaware of the disaster, remained in position on Taylors Hill,wondering what had happened. Had Sedgwick known hisposition, the whole of Wilcoxs brigade might have been cap-tured ; but it required time to reform the lines, and Wilcoxmade his escape. Long and loud and joyous were the shouts of the victors.The stronghold had been wrested from the Rebels at last. It was Sunday noon. Hooker had just

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