The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1905-08-04

lily posted and prepared to Civ
battle the next day. Colone
Mabry's brigade having been o.
duty for twenty four hours,
i ordered General Buford to sen,
the Kentucky brigade to it's re
lief.
i On the morning of the 14tf
Lieutenant General Lee ordered
the attack to be made, and tn,
troops were disposed for tina
purpose. The enemy had selec
ted a strong position on a ridge
| fronting an open field, gradually
sloping toward our approach
During the night he had con
structed Notifications, and his
position being naturally strone
it was now almost impregnable.
The entire command was dis.
mounted. General Roddy's troops
were placed on the extreme right,
Colonel Mabry's brigade on the
left, and the Kentucky brigade
commanded by Colonel Grassland
in the center. Bells brigade
was formed in the rear OF
Col. Mabry's brigade as a sup
port, but was subsequent
ly moved forward and formed
between Mabry's and Crosslands
brigades. General Chalmers
division of calvaly and General
Lyon, who had been placed in
command of about 700 infantry
were formed in the rear to be
held as a reserve to support the
entire front line. Lieutenant
General Lee gave the order to
advance, and directed me to
swing the right around upon the
enemy's left. | Immediately re-
paired to General Roddy's right
with all possible speed, which
was nearly a mile distant, and
after giving him the necessary
orders in person / dashed across
the field in a gallop for the pur-
pose of selecting a position in
which to place his troops, but Oh
Kentuckv hr;oada had haan rash
" nrecin;tatad Forward and were M
retiring under the murderous fire
tba;r colors md apd % aftnr . ; Short short
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wara rol;ovod bv Mcr,,lloch' }.
hr;nada which Moved forwarc
and ~ % covered tho;, ratroat Tht
ananaw ' ~ st;lI rama;nad behind his
works works and and made M effort t. r.
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