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along the breastwOrk towards the lett I'M
til we reached Il sharp angle in the works
near q brick kiln, opposite to which the
enemy had established a battery. L
threw the sharpshootcrs into II wood to
eur front and right to pick off the gun
ncrs and horses. There we remained UNI
ill about Q o'clock y. NJ, when l was di-
rcctcd to march with my brigade ana re-
port to General Ewcll, who directed Ma
i]or-ticncral ROdcs to put me i'll on the
right of his line to support Genera liar-
ris and assist in filing up the gap which
had been made by the capture of Major
General Johnson and 4 part OF his COM
mamd.
At this place our line Of works made Il
sharp angle, pointing to wardS tho enemy,
which angle the enemy held i'll great
force. besides having the woods and RI
vine in front occupied by multitndeS.
who seemed to he as thick HS they could
stand. The right Of my brigade cXtend-
cd some distance up the LETT sido OF the
angie. and rested on nothing but the enc
nv. who held the point and some por-
ton NI V knew how much) OF the
right side of the angle. Besides having
no support on my right, this part OF my
line was cnfiladcd from the point Of the
angle and the gap hcldby the enemy. In
getting into tins trench we had to pass
through Il terrific fire. l was W0llnucu'
and know nothing OF what occurred al
forwards from personal observation. L
am informed that the brigade found III
tho trenches General Harris and what re-
mniurd of his gallant brigade, and they
Mjssissippians and Carolinians mingled
torrtlcr) made one of the most gallant
and stubborn dclcnccS recorded III hlSto-
rv. These two bri.adcs remained there
Holding our line without endorsements,
food, or rest, under Il storm OF ballS
which did not intcrmit one instant OF
time for eighteen hours. The trenches
ON the right of the bloody angle ran with
blood. and had to be cleared Of the dead
bodies more than once. 70 give some
idea of the intensity of the ire, an oak
free. twenty inches in diameter, which
stood lust in rcar of the right of the bril-
,,lr. was cut down by the constant seal
inr of muskct balls, and fell about
twelve O'Clock Thursday night, iniuring
Inv IFS fall several soldiers, Of the First
South Carolina regiment. The brigades
mentioned held their position from ten
o'clock Thursday morning until four
o'clock Friday morning, when they were
withdrawn by order to the new line cs-
tabliShcd In rear.
The loss in my brigade was very heavy,
cspcciallv in Acknowledgements (S6) kill
cd on the field: two hundred and forty
eight (2lS) wounded, many of whom have
since died one hundred and seventeen
ulO missing, doubtless captured. GU
men law on one side of the breast
works and the enemy on the other, and
i'm many instances mon were pulled over,
IT is believed that we captured as many
prisoners us we lost. Among the casual
lies arc Licutcnant-Colone w. p. Shoot,
or and Lieutenant j.. c. Shooter, Lieu
tenant J. b. Blackman and Lieutenant J,
r. F~aulkenburg, of the Twelfth; Colonel
Il. II. Brockman and Captain J, Il. Brock.
man. of the Thirteenth; Lieutenant y,
NJ. Scarborough and Lieutenant III. K,
| Hunter, of the Fourteenth, and Captain
q. w. Fullerton, Of the Rifles, Killed
Colonel c. ". McCrcary, Lieutenant ~,
f.. Miller, Lieutenant james Armstrong
, Captain W. \. Kelly and Lieutenant W
| II. Tharin, of the First: Lieutenant w
B.. White and Captain Slower, of the
Twelfth; Captain J. y. McFall and Lieu.
tenant w. j. Rock, of the Thirteenth
Captain G.. w. Culbertson, Lieutenant j
NJ. Miller, Lieutenant f.. Brown, Captain
T.. Cowan and Captain j.. NJ. McCarly, O
the Fourteenth Captain l.. Rogers, Cap
tain II. s. Cheshire, Lieutenant i. n
Rccdcr, Lieutenant A. Sinclair and Lieu
tcnant-Coloncl q. Med. Miller, of the Ri.
tlcs, wounded. In all these operations
take pleasure in acknowledging the grcaI
assistance of my staff. Major A. b
Wardlaw, Brigade Commissary, Major
Harry Hammond, Brigade Quartermas'
ter, Lieutenant c. Il. Thompson, Ord
nance Officer, we're active ana efficient in
their appropriate departments. Captain
l.. C.. HASKELL, \. \. General, and Lieu
tenant G. Allen Wardlaw, Aid-de-Camp
were everywhere in the field of battle
where duty and honor called. Both o
these oilit CTS had their horses killed I'M
der thcm in the Wilderness, and were III
ways conspicuous for GOODNESS and gal
Ialtrv,
I lave the honor to be, Major. very re-
speclInlly,
Your obcdicnt servant,
$. MCGowAN, Brigadicr General.
TO Major j. \. E%SGELMARD, assistant
.ldjntant- General, Wilcor's Light Di'
tiSiON.