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<html><p>3 miles at double-quick, thro&rsquo; wood &amp; water</p>
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<p>knee-deep.&nbsp; Just as we came within</p>
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<p>range Col. Riley halted us to catch</p>
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<p>breath, &amp;&nbsp; made a brief speech, saying that</p>
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<p>&ldquo;they were probably the last words he</p>
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<p>should say to us, but that any man</p>
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<p>who did not want to go in, might go</p>
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<p>back.&rdquo;&nbsp; Not a man, I believe, refused to &ldquo;go</p>
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<p>in,&rdquo; and we dashed up the road through</p>
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<p>an opening in the breast-work, and took</p>
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<p>a position where rebels, concealed by rifle &ndash;</p>
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<p>pits, logs, &amp; brush-wood, had a fine cross-</p>
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<p>-fire at us from both sides of the road,</p>
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<p>agreeably varied by the shell, shot, &amp;</p>
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<p>grape from the redoubts &amp; Fort Ma-</p>
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<p>gruder.&nbsp; I give a sketch of our position below</p>
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3 miles at double-quick, thro’ wood & water

knee-deep.  Just as we came within

range Col. Riley halted us to catch

breath, &  made a brief speech, saying that

“they were probably the last words he

should say to us, but that any man

who did not want to go in, might go

back.”  Not a man, I believe, refused to “go

in,” and we dashed up the road through

an opening in the breast-work, and took

a position where rebels, concealed by rifle –

pits, logs, & brush-wood, had a fine cross-

-fire at us from both sides of the road,

agreeably varied by the shell, shot, &

grape from the redoubts & Fort Ma-

gruder.  I give a sketch of our position below

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[sketch of position -sketch is described on next page]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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