Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-13

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s,sga onns ana onnhoa,s Soa, ,hn s.,nae ~ "
came oeneral o1 both sides' The thmnas,;ne
neals ~ astilisrv nnaa ,ed aimoat ~ aha aLa tbe
eartb. Tbia fring raa kent nm Sor N, ss hor,s
Hovever. ag eoon AZ the sbelling commsncsS
NO wara otda,ed ~ r,nn. G.-asd A. ~
went 20, ths enemy The scsds va.a drscdtni
snd n waa todiona MI ,srcb;n@ W. oorid nn,
ooh som AZ; m as soosa Al e., y, -" "a. ~
.han atom than advsnoa TIKI. Liza ~ ,,a.o,
inc vas tent mn for q d,sts ncs oS tvo na;,as
TSis broucbt M over tho worst NJ tSa ,oaJ
Then we Advanced brIaker' Amer a Ionc and
tjresome march we Reached our position. on the
ertreme RIGHT and In Inc rear of The eneme "a
forti8eations.
Thia W as about tvo o,olook IN tho mo,n;no
We again laid down for The balance of ne
night. and slept sveetlv. Dav davned, and ali
was etill but the low talking Of our aoldiers
and the ring of the rebela' ares. sounding ike
fAFmgr1.
working Ali nipbt on their iortioations In ordey
TO resist our prorreea. if nossible. Tbis vas on
Sunday, the eleventh of January. We again
formed our line of battle. and advanced neerer
their works. They then commenced sbelI;ng
us, but TO no effect, as thew overshot our lines
Our batteries had not cot In position. being
retarded in consequence Of having to mass over
ohstructed pround About 10 O'Clock khev oama
nm. and then the hall was soon onanad We
| vere In Steel's diviaiop. and Hoyevia h,ioade
| wbich vas on the right. Then came an order
to charge the enemy's works, az soon aa the
batteries opened. And what regiment do Won
think was TO take the advance The gallant
old 76,h Ohio. Col. Charles r. Woods came
down to the colors, and said to the color bearer
"Sergesnt, want those colors to 90 through.
| II you fall, the next man take them and If
you all fall, there will be some excuse You
may fall, or may fall, but want those (point-
ing to the old stars and stripes) colors to be
planted on those ramparts, (pointipR 10 the
enemy's works.) Then To the regiment he
said, "Boys, want you to stand to the enemy
and do your duty" Then he turned away and
took his post. We threw off every thing that
might encumber u.s. Some of the boys threw
off their coats, and went In In their shirt
sleeves. All was ready, and the word came,
"cbarRe bayonet,," and we made the dash for
the breastworks. We went in with wells and
shouts. Not shot was fred until We reached
a position within It's yards of their works
And then the enemy opened on us with grape,
canister, musketry and shell. We fred asiwe
ran. We got within short ditt,nce of their
| breastworks, and were ordered to lie down.
We we're then under q raking FIRE, and not
regiment 10 auuport ma. We loaded and fired
az rapidly as possible, and soon the firing al