The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-23

concealed stone wall" Gen. Double
| day thus states the disadvantage at
| which Iyerson's brave nen We're taken:
| "As his Baxter's) men lay down behind
| the (rock) fence. VERSIONS brigade came
| up very close, not knowing our troops
| were there. Baxter's men sprang TO
| their feet and delivered a most deadly
| volley at very short range. which left
| 800 of Iverson's men dead and wounded,
and so demoralized them that all gave
themselves ND as prisoners One regi-
ment. however. after stopping our firing
by putting up white flag slipped away
and escaped" There is mixture OF
| truth and error in these statements.
The men composing VERSIONS line OF
battle did fall almost in their tracks
] Gen. Rodes's expression. "His dead lay
i'm a distinctly marked line of battle.
| exactly describes the catastrophe. AS
| they stood there, too proud to retreat
| without orders and too sorely smitten to
advance. they did. as Gen. Rodes says
| fight and die like heroes. When their
left was overDowered many were cap
turetl. but no regiment raised white
flag and slipped away under at. The
Twelfth regiment. under Lieut.. Col.
| Davis. which is the regiment to which
| Gen. Doubleday refers. so far from
slipping away, stood its ground under
the terrific fire until Ramseur's brigade
came to its succor. 1t then joined Ram
| seur and had the satisfaction of assist
| ing in forcing the Federals from their
position and of capturing more prisoners
than il we'll knew what to do with. The
fire that was so destructive to Iverson
and also to Daniel was not from Bax-
ters men alone Baxter was aided by the
batteries posted between his brigade and
that of Cutler. which was thrown for
ward on VERSIONS flank. and also by a
| more distant fire from Stones men. So
| long as State held his position, his lires
| with that of Cutler and Robinson's Ill
| vision. constituted what is known as a
| demi- bastion and curtain. and every
| force" says Doubleday, "that entered
the angle suffered severely" Rodes, i'll
has report, speaks of it as "murderous
entilade and reverse fire. to which, in
| addition to the direct fire, it encountered
on its final advance"
Gen. Daniels brigade of North Caro-
linians had followed Iverson into action.
but when Iverson obliqued his men
somewhat to the left. the movement UNI
covered Daniels front. and he went into
direct action against Stone. and the sup
ports sent him. but sent Col. kenan
with the Forty third and Col. Owen
with the Fifty-third to aid Iverson and
| his own left. Some of Stones men We're
advantageously posted i'll railroad cut.
and were assisted by two batteries of
artillery. As Daniel srrged forward.
the action was becoming more general.
| Gen. Rodes's report gives a succinct ac-
count of what followed. He says;
The right Of this brigade coming upon
the enemy, strongly posted an railroad
| cut, was. under it's able commander $
orders, thrown back skilfully, and the
position of the whole brigade was alter
| ed so as to enable him to throw a por-
ton of his force across the railroad, en-
tilade it, and attack to advantage.
| After this change, Gen. Daniel made a
most desperate, gallant and entirely
| successful charge upon the enemy, driv-
ing him ut all points, but suffering ter
ribly. The conduct of Gen. Daniel and
his brigade in this most desperate en-
gagement ELECTED the admiration and
praise of all who witnessed it. Just as
his last effort was made, Ramseur's
brigade, which under my orders had
been so disposed as to support both liver
son and O'Neal. was ordered forward,
and was hurled by its commander, with
the skill and gallantry for which he is
always conspicuous, and with irresistibl,
force. upon the enemy just where he
had repulsed ONeal and checked Iyer-
sons advance. The Twelfth
North Carolina regiment. which had
been held we'll in hand by Lieut.. Col.
Davis, and the shattered remnants of
the other regiments of VERSIONS bril-
| gade, which had been rallied and organ
lied by Capt. ID. +. Halsey. assistant
adjutant general of the brigade, made,
under his guidance, a dashing and eff
fective charge just in time to be of con-
siderable service to Ramseur and Dan
iel, and with them pressed closely after
the enemy" Davies three regiments,
including the Fifty-fifth North Carolina,
had also joined Daniel in his persistent
| endeav0rs.
The success of this part of the line
had not been easily Won. Pauls bri-
gade went to re-enfOrce Baxter and the
whole Federal First corps was now
engaged. AT one time. Daniels line
was brought to a halt on the railroad
cut, which was impossible at the point
the men reached it. The Forty fifth
tregiment and the Second Battalion, gal.
lantly supported by the Forty-third,
fought their way to this critical point.
Then Col. Brabble, bold and ready al
ways, was ordered to take the Thirty
second and by circuit cross the cut.
and storm the battery at the barn. This
was handsomely done. At the same
time, the brigades Of Pettigrew and
Brockenbrough as already Seen threw
their weight on the right of Daniel as
he advanced and all the forces on his
left also advanced. This general attack
crushed the opposition in its front. and
the Federal line swung back. Rodes
followed the enemy into Gettysburg.
Two of his brigades. Doles's and Ram
seur's, became involved in skirmishes
in the streets.
Only one North Carolina brigade was
in action on this day. That was Hokes
brigade, commanded by Col. /. r. Avery
1t, as seen above, was on the extreme
Confederate left, just east of the Held
lersburg road. When the Eleventh
corps was defeated, the brigades OF
Hoke and Hays We're sent i'm pursuit
Gen. Howard ordered Coster's brigade
| To advance and cover the retrpat of