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enemy's works against himself-alone in the fiery-red jaws of a hell of battle. The Spartans at Thermopyla, the "Light Brigade" at Balaklava, the "Old Guard " at Waterloo, do not overmatch it in situation or equal it in results. It stood there in the jaws of death-stood and conquered. The twilight came, and then darkness; and still these immortal Tennesseans stood and conquered. The night was hideous with the red glare of battle, the dead and wounded encumbered their movements, exhaustion threatened; and yet they stood and conquered. It was the old division's last supreme effort, while hope yet remained-its last con- fident struggle for cause and home; and it stood like the "Old Ironsides " at Nas- by-stood and sublimely conquered. Early after the darkness set in, the Con- federates rallied and renewed the assault on the right and left; the enemy gave way, and Franklin was taken. But when the Confederates poured in, there, in the midst of the dead and dying, their visages blackened with smoke out of all recognition, stood Cheatham's division, masters of the works they had taken at the first, masters of the field, the unquestioned heroes of the battle, the matchless division of the Western Army. There it stood amid the wrecks of battle, amid its dead that outnumbered its living, without a general officer left, with but one field officer able for duty, the division commanded by a colonel, regiments by captains and lieutenants, companies by sergeants and corporals. Orderly ser- geant W. H. Bruton was the ranking officer left of the original Sixth Regiment. and he and George T. Fortune were all that was left of the original Southern Guards, Sixth Regiment. But two braver men never lived or died, and they were worthy to be the living monuments of their heroic comrades, the last of the Southern Guards. In this terrible battle the Sixth and Ninth Regiment did its duty, and that in such a battle tells the whole story. Many instances of personal heroism are told, but the following will suffice to illustrate the spirit of the men on this great occasion. When the main works were reached and the terrible struggle for possession took place, Clay Barnes, private in Co. E, Sixth Regiment, was the first to mount the parapet. He instantly seized the United States dag that proudly waved from the rampart, and a desperate struggle between him and its bearer took place. In the struggle Barnes killed the Federal with the butc of his gun, and tore the flag from its staff, and with a shout of triumph crammed it in his bosom and cheered his comrades to the rescue. As before descri! ed. the works were carried, and Clay Barnes, of the Sixth, was the first man upon them, and captured the first flag. He still lives near Spring Creek, in Madison county, and is as quiet and industrious in peace as he was gallant in war.
In the battle of Nashville, the line held by Cheatham's division was not broken, and the command was exposed to great peril in the retreat, owing to the enemy being on both its flanks before the defeat of our army was realized. The evening of the retreat a Federal cavalry regiment charged the sixth and Ninth, but soon found that they had run up against the " business end of a hornet," and got away as quickly as they came, yet not before a good many saddles were emptied. The Sixth and Ninth were among the troops that next day repulsed the enemy's ad- vance near Spring Hill. With its brigade it formed a part of the rear-guard from Duck River until the Tennessee River was crossed. The enemy pressed the re- treating army fiercely, and the rear-guard was engaged almost every hour frais Columbia to Pulaski. Between Lynnville and Richland Creek, the fighting was incessant and bloody. At Elk River the Federal advance received a terrible re-
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pulse, which made them so cautious that the Confederate retreat from thence on was almost unmolested.
This retreat was felt by nearly every soldier as the last, and the end was deemed not far off. Hundreds of the men were without shoes, and literally left trails of blood on the half-frozen ground over which they marched. The sufferings of the Sixth and Ninth were great, but there was no faltering. The regiment, though in despair of the cause for which it had fought and suffered so long, lost none of its discipline or splendid fighting qualities, but on this retreat maintained its fame unsullied as one of the crack regiments of the most brilliant division in the West- ern Army.
Of the dreary march through Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, into North Carolina, I will not write. The end came at Greensboro, N. C., on the 26th of April, 1865, when the regiment surrendered with Johnston's army. At the sur- render, the regiment numbered about one hundred men, and was commanded by Maj. Robert C. Williamson-now a lawyer at Memphis-who had been promoted during the last hours of the crumbling Confederacy for long and brilliant sol- dierly qualities. Among the other promotions was that of T. A. (Top) Reid, who was the only member of his company-the Danes-at the surrender, and who had served as a private throughout the war. He informed the writer that he was in every battle in which the Sixth participated, and was wounded five times, though at no time severely.
It may be said of the Sixth Regiment that it never needed to be led into bat- tle by dashing officers, but that it always went at what it was ordered with prompt- ness and resolution. The privates were as dashing and daring as the officers, and always did as much leading in battle; and yet its officers were brave men, and did their duty on all occasions. Its officers, from first to last, were good men, and re- tained throughout the war the respect and confidence of the men; and yet it is true, and deserves to be immortalized in history, that the privates of the Sixth and the Sixth and Ninth were at all times as daring as their officers, and on no occasion required the example of official dash to stimulate to duty, however perilous. There are officers and men who deserve special mention, in addition to those whose names appear in connection with incidents related in this sketch, but the space allotted to me is already largely overdrawn. But I must men- tion one private soldier, and through him pay the tribute due his comrades.
In Jackson to-day may be seen a quiet, delicate man, moving about in the discharge of official duty. Exposure and hardships have frosted his beard and head. He talks but little, and that little rarely of the war; and yet he en- tered the Sixth Regiment a boy, under military age, and served in the field through all the chances and changes, marches and battles of the war to the end. In every battle he was at the front, and from beginning to end never shirked a duty nor failed to respond to the call to arms. His name is George T. Fortune, and he is esteemed by his comrades one and all as the model sol- dier, the first man at all times to step to the front when volunteers were called to lead a forlorn-hope, or to do a desperate piece of work-"the bravest of the brave," a soldier every inch, to whom the sound of battle was music and the "imminent deadly breach " a feast of soul.
The organization of the Sixth Regiment has been kept up since the war, and under its auspices " Memorial Day" in Jackson has for eighteen years
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been observed with solemn pageantry. Its present officers are Robert Gates, Colonel; R. A. Mays, Lieutenant-colonel; George T. Fortune, Major; F. W. Henry, Adjutant. The fame of the regiment is a proud inheritance which the people of Madison cherish, and should the Union in the future need the serv- ices of brave defenders, this county may be relied on to send forth another Sixth Regiment, as gallant and true as the old one whose members are rap- idly passing away, but whose glory is immortal.
Official.] FIELD AND STAFF, SIXTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonels, George C. Porter and William H. Stephens; Lieutenant-colonel, Timothy P. Jones; Major, George C. Porter; Surgeon, R. R. Dashiell; Assistant Surgeon, John S. Fen ner; Commissary, James E. Givens; Adjutant, Alfred N. Thomas.
COMPANY A. Captain, J. A. Wilder.
Chillon, E. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April | Thomas, J. E., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1$62. 6, 1862. Jones, R. A., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Voss, W. J., d: at Jackson, Tenn., April 15, 1862.
McColpin, J. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Melane, E. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Purois, Jason, k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Peebles. R. E., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Tomlinson, G. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862
Shaw, J. D., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Estes, T. E., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Estes, M. P., k. at the battle of Chickamauga.
COMPANY B. Captains: G. G. Person and R. M. Sharp.
Person, Capt. G. G., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Thomas, M. T., d. Aug. 26, 1862. Warner, J. A., d. April 3, 1863. Haynie, J. M., d. May 27, 1863.
COMPANY C. Captains: W. W. Freeling and T. B. Rains.
Rains, Capt. T. B., k. at the battle of Perry- | Jones, J. M., d. Feb. 1, 1864. ville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
Butler, Lieut. N. A., k. at the battle of Perry- ville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
Adams, Newton H., d. June 29, 1861. Taylor, John D., d. June 3. 1861. MeGuire, D. B., d. July 14, 1861.
Reeves, J. R., d. April 27, 1863. Haltom, J. Calvin, d. May 22, 1862.
Ayres, John L., k. at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. Vantrece, Thomas, k. at the battle of Perry- ville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
Weaver, W. S., k. at the battle of Chickamau- ga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Temple, J. W., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Black, G. W., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Emmerson, J. T., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Morgan, E. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Haltom, W. H., k. at the battle of Chickamau- | Tims, J. B., k. at the battle of Shiloh. ga, Sept. 19, 1863.
COMPANY D.
Captains: R. C. Williamson and W. M. R. Johns.
Barton, Edward, k. at the battle of Shiloh. Nelson, J. A., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Humphreys, C. W., k. at the battle of Shiloh. McCuthen, R. R., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Neilson, T. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh. McAdams, J., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Thompson, W. M., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Spain. J. E., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Hillard, J. H., d. April 10, 1862.
Mallard, F. E., d. May 20, 1862.
Seabrook, Lieut. Edward, k. at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
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Harris. D. C., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Bumpass, J. M., d. May 19, 1862. ---
Harris, L. C., k. at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. Raynor, T. A., d. in hospital at Atlanta, Ga.
Ross, C. W., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Garrett, A. D., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Palmer, C. R., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Richmond, N. D. F., k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga.
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Stewart, F. D., d. May. 1862. Hall, S. W., k. in battle. Boals, T. W., k. at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Shaw, J. C., k. in battle.
Carpenter, J. F., k. at Murfreesboro.
Poor, R. J., k. at Chickamauga.
Thomas, C. R., k. July 22, 1864.
COMPANY E. Captains : James M. Woolard and J. L. Brown.
Kirby, Jesse H., d. at Camp Brown, June 8, Ross, J. A., k. at Missionary Ridge, Sept. 22, 1861. 1863.
Jones, W. S., d. at the residence of Capt. Jas. | Day, T. C., d. Oct. 7, 1863. M. Woolard, July 11, 1861. Bennett, R. R., k. at the battle of Chicka- Debwain, T. J., k. at Murfreesboro. mauga. Watt, J. C., d. Dec. 8, 1862. Askew, J. B., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Smothers, R. A., d. at Tullahoma, May 25, 1863. Goodrich, B. R., k. at the battle of Chicka- Young, J. W., d. at Greenville, Ala., Aug. 31, mauga. 1863.
COMPANY F. Captain, J. F. Newsom.
Bragden, George M., d. at Camp Brown.
Jones, George, d. at Camp Brown.
Barber, G. W., d. May 27, 1864.
Davis, E. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Davis, William, k. at the battle of Shiloh. Ryan. Daniel, d. from wounds, May 1. 1862. Williams, A. B., d. in hospital.
COMPANY G.
Captain, J. B. Freeman.
MeCullongh, W. M., d. July 11, 1861. Askew, James, d.
Davis. Richard, k. at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
Robertson, Battle. k. at the battle of Perry- ville, Ky., Oet. 8, 1862.
Shelton, William H., k. at Perryville. Darden, G. W., k. in battle.
Gillihan, J. G., k. at the battle of Perryville, Henderson, J. W., k. in battle. Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
COMPANY H. Captains: William Clinton Penn and A. B. Jones.
Wilson, Robert W., d. July 25, 1861.
Hutchings. T. E., k. at the battle of Perryville,
Taylor, Lieut. George W., d. Jan. 18. 1861.
Campbell, J. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Eppenger, A. F., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Hadaway, W. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Smith, B. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Pyles, Walter A., d. July 19, 1862.
Oct. 8, 1862. Maker, James, d. Feb. 12, 1863. Campbell, A. A., k. at Chickamauga. Steadman, B. P., k. near Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1564. | Cock, J. L., k. near Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1864.
COMPANY I.
Captains: James M. Collinsworth and William J. MeKinney.
Harris, Robert, d. June 23, 1961.
Carter, J. C. K., d. April 6, 1862.
Arnold, Nathan J., d. April 7, 1862.
Arnold, E. M., d. April 6. 1862.
Young. Allen H., d. April 7, 1862.
Hollyfield, Valentine, d. Aug. 2, 1862.
Pearson. Robert W., d. April 6, 1862. Hoodson, W. E., d. Oct. 28, 1862.
Herrin. J. K., d. at Chattanooga, July 15, 1863. Wilson, J. M., d. at Murfreesboro, Jan., 1863. Dungan, J. J. A .. k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga.
COMPANY K.
Captain, John Ingram.
Beaty, John, d. June 5, 1861. Byrd, James, d. March 28. 1962.
Byram. R. R., d. May 2, 1862.
Caldwell, W. G., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Walker, B. C., d. sept 25, 1862. Weatherby, S. E., k. at the battle of Perry- ville.
Carter, Lieut. C. M., k. at the battle of Perry- ville. Cox, W. E., d. at Chattanooga, March 22, 1863. Allen, Joseph W., d. May 24. 1863.
Stanley, M. A., k. in battle. Miller. William, k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Maffitt, A. E. k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Sept. 19, 1963. Barnett. J. B., k. at the battle of Chickamyu- ga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Ort. 8, 1862. Wiseman, H. T. (formerly a member of Co. E, Thirty-seventh Mississippi Volunteers), k. at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1852.
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Summerlin, B., d. in prison at Chicago, fil.
McBride, L., k. at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. -
Tyson, J. A., k. at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Pope, J. M., k. at the battle of Perryville.
COMPANY L.
Captains : M. D. Merriweather and W. W. Fulsom.
Henning, John, d. June 24, 1802.
Crawford, Mark, k. at the battle of Perryville. Sargent, A. F., k. at the battle of Perryville. Walker, W. P., d. in Atlanta, Ga , April 8, 1863. Allison F. M., d. at Chattanooga, July 15, 1863.
Kendrick, W. A., k. at the battle of Chickamau- ga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Scruggs, Thomas, k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
SEVENTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY J. H. MOORE, CENTREVILLE, TENN.
THE Seventh Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, was organized at Camp Trousdale, in Sumner county, May 25, 1861, and consisted of ten companies, of which six were from Wilson, two from Sumner, and one each from Smith and DeKalb counties. The following were the Captains of the several companies: Co. A, John F. Goodner; Co. B, John A. Fite ; Co. C, James Baber; Co. D, J. M. Anderson ; Co. E, D. C. Douglass; Co. F, Nathan Oakley; Co. G, S. G. Shepherd ; Co. H, John K. Howard; Co. I, J. A. Anthony ; Cc. K, Robert Hatton.
Captain Robert Hatton, of Co. K, was elected Colonel; Captain J. F. Goodner, of Co. A, Lieutenant-colonel; and Captain J. K. Howard, of Co. H, Major. Private G. A. Howard was appointed Adjutant; Asa Hill, Sergeant-major ; J. C. Blan, Drum-major; and W. A. Staff, Color-bearer; G. L. Robertson, Surgeon ; J. L. Fite, Assistant Surgeon ; W. H. Armstrong, Chaplain; A. W. Viek, Quarter- niaster ; John D. Allen, Commissary.
To fill the vacancies occasioned by the election of Captains Hatton, Goodner, and Howard to field positions, Lieut. T. H. Bostick was elected Captain of Co. K; Lient. R. N. Wright, Captain of Co. A; and Sergt. W. H. Williamson, Captain of Co. H.
The equipment of this regiment was different from that of any other from this State, as it was armed with Mississippi rifles, which were retained for the first two years of the war; but on account of the difficulty of procuring suitable ammuni- tion, these were displaced by the Springfield and Enfield rifles.
The regiment remained at Camp Trousdale until the middle of July, where the discipline and drill of the men were enforced for six hours a day. About this time the Confederate authorities were advised of the grand "On to Richmond" movement, and in obedience to the demand for all available troops, the Seventh, with other Tennessee regiments, was ordered to Manassas to reinforce Beauregard and Johnston. On leaving Tennessee, the First Tennessee Brigade was formed, composed of the First, Seventh, and Fourteenth Tennessee regiments, with Brig .- gen. S. R. Anderson in command.
After we reached Bristol we first learned that the great battle of Manassas had been fought and won by the Confederate troops. This fortunate turn in the affairs of the Southern army caused the authorities to change the order; and instead of the Tennesseans joining Beauregard, we were ordered to join Gens. Lee and Loring, and if possible to retrieve the disasters caused by the defeat of Gen. Garnett by
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McClellan at Rich Mountain and other places. Millboro, a way-station on the Virginia Central railroad, was the nearest railroad station to our designated ren- dezvous. This we reached about August Ist, and from here we were ordered to Big Springs, where the troops were being concentrated. This place we reached after a four or five days march. Here the soldiers, not having as yet entered upon the realities of war, spent several weeks resting themselves from the fatigues of, to them, a long and hard march, and indulged in hunting and fishing the game then abundant in the mountains of West Virginia.
Early in September the campaign opened, with Cheat Mountain as the object- ive-point. This was a fortified pass in the mountains of West Virginia, on the Parkersburg turnpike, which was held by the left wing of the Federal army, commanded by Gen. Rosecrans. The importance of this pass can be realized when we recollect that its loss would have interrupted the communication between the two wings of his army, which would have necessitated his withdrawal from the greater part of West Virginia.
The plan of the campaign was for Gen. Henry R. Jackson and Col. Rust to attack in front and on the right, while the two Tennessee brigades, commanded by Gens. Anderson and Donelson, were to take and hold positions on the Parkers- burg road and in the rear of the pass, and thereby prevent the retreat of the gar- rison, or the reenforcement of it. To reach the point assigned our brigade we had to travel over the rugged mountains without a road or path, and over the dis- tance of forty miles. We marched over the mountains, guided by the fresh blazes on the trees made by scouts who preceded us a day or two. This tiresome march was continued without interruption or attack from the enemy until we were ap- proaching the Parkersburg turnpike, where one of the enemy's pickets or a strag- gler fired upon our regiment and severely wounded - Crunk, who was the first one of the Tennessee Brigade wounded in the war. This single assailant escaped under cover of the thick woods and undergrowth. We reached the position as- signed us early on the morning of the 12th of September. Positions were taken by the brigade on and along the Parkersburg road, and immediately the enemy opened fire upon it, which was promptly returned, and resulted in a repulse of the Federals, but not without a slight loss to us, amounting in the First and Four- teenth, in killed and wounded, to fifteen or twenty. Though the Seventh was under fire it sustained no loss, but succeeded in capturing a lieutenant of engineers and four or five men.
Gen. Jackson and Col. Rust found it inexpedient to attack Cheat Pass in front, and withdrew their commands; and therefore the Tennessee Brigade was ordered to withdraw, and we returned over the same route by which we had advanced, and finally reached the neighborhood of our old encampment. This ended the first campaign. Though the loss was slight and the marches short, the command suffered a great deal because of the lack of supplies on the uninhabited mountains, which the soldiers, not inured to the hardships and privations of war, were ill prepared to withstand; and though severer marches and greater privations were afterward felt, yet comparatively this campaign was as severe as any one of the war.
From Big Springs we were ordered to join Gen. Floyd in the Kanawha Valley, which we reached after several days marching. After remaining here a few days, we were ordered to the Shenandoah Valley. Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jack-
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son was assigned to the command of this department, and under him were his own division, now commanded by Gen. Talliaferro, and Gen. Loring's division. The Seventh Tennessee was assigned to the latter General.
Winchester was situated in the valley, and this was the base of operations of Gen. Jackson's army. This point was reached in mid-winter. Jackson had or- ders to relieve Northern Virginia of the presence of the enemy. As soon as his forces were concentrated, he commenced to execute this order; and at once we marched to Bath, which the enemy occupied. This town was immediately evac- uated on our approach, and the enemy retreated across the Potomac to Hancock, a small town on the Maryland side of this river. Gen. Jackson pursued them to the bank, and attempted to bridge the swollen stream; but failing in this, he shelled them, and succeeded in burning the town with his artillery. This move- ment resulted in little loss to the Confederates, and none to the Seventh Regi- ment. From here Jackson's army was moved up to Romney, which was held by the Federals; but on the approach of Jackson they retreated across the Potomac, where a small force was sent who picketed the north bank for a few weeks. The weather became so inclement, and on account of the great difficulty in obtaining sup- plies, the army was ordered back to Winchester. This march was undertaken in a deep snow. and, owing to the almost impassable roads, we were several days in reaching Winchester. We remained a few days at this place, when Col. Maney's First Tennessee Regiment was ordered back to the West, and the Seventh and Fourteenth regiments were ordered to join the army under Gen. Joe Johnston, stationed near Manassas, and were assigned to the extreme right of Johnston's army, near a landing on the Potomac called Dumfries; and here Col. Turney's First Tennessee was assigned to our command, to take the place of Col. Maney's. And thus the First Tennessee Brigade was formed, which was not changed until after the seven days fight about Richmond, when the Thirteenth Alabama Regi- ment and Fifth Alabama Battalion were added to it. These remained with us to the close of the war. As they will not be mentioned again in this sketch, only incidentally, we will state here that the South had no better or braver men than those of these two Alabama commands. At Dumfries heavy batteries were plant- ed to prevent the passage of vessels or transports carrying supplies to the enemy up the river. After supporting these pieces for a few days, we were ordered to Yorktown by way of Fredericksburg. This movement on the part of the Confed- erates was caused by the change in the plans of the Federals ; for up to this time McClellan's army confronted us at Manassas, and he having determined to move on to Richmond by way of the Peninsula, Gen. Johnston massed his army at Yorktown. The Tennessee Brigade was assigned to a position in the center, about midway between the York and James rivers. Here we remained until Yorktown was evacuated.
During our stay at this place our regiment was reorganized, which resulted in the reelection of the same field officers, though there were many changes made in the line officers. Here Col. Hatton was promoted to be Brigadier-general, and was assigned to the command of the Tennessee Brigade; Gen. Samuel R. Anderson, its former commander, being transferred to the Western department. The pro- motion of Gen. Hatton caused changes in our field officers. Lieut .- col. Goodner was promoted to be Colonel; Maj. Howard, Lieutenant-colonel ; and senior Capt. John A. Fite, Major.
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The Federals sent a large force up the York River in transports and landed at West Point, for the purpose of intercepting the army of Gen. Johnston in its re- treat from Yorktown. The Tennessee and Texas brigades met and repubsel them, and forced them to seek the shelter of their gun-boats. In this the Seventh Regiment suffered but little loss, but the First and Fourteenth suffered consider- ably in the loss of both offieers and men. Without further interruption this part of our army continued its retreat to the lines around Richmond.
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