The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-19
alto Rogers. End Rhode Island Q

On the north side of the roed our left there were. Of Brooks pfvis,ot pssss, the lsf 2nd and 18th New Jersey. itsn and a5th Pennsyivania. nakine ", regiments; with the 18th New fo.N added. six Add also three regin,sns es of General wheaton's Brigade, .wo e. g Newton's Division lwheatons po ress ' tmenfs Attacking the front occupied ps the 11th and d4th Alabama, seha'nss Brigade. and partially Mahones. Us ,.s of these attacking regiments. the AsA New Jersey. under Colonel Penrose tp. 574) was ordered to the extreme r.s ,s ns of the Federals to turn the Ter
 the ConfederHtes. Probapiy JUS fment attncked Malone. - "a.
 Tho Union troops were in high spir- tts. Hooker. they understood. hau peer successful. they had themselves Juss canfnred Marvess Heights win seven pfeces Of artillery, and Wilcoxs brl-
 rade. that had retreated Delore snc 1.. for I-z miles. they were now gS so9u
 to brush away or destroy. As ss
 where he made his headquarters, now,
 they swere after 'cadmus tCaamus
 wiIcox) and were going to DICK nm
 Bravely. with banners flying. thelf lines come forward. their anshn'eu.
 perfect. As they advance, we hase no artillery to check them, TOT our i" .ar rieres have already withdrawn Ad want If ammunition. Our skirmisn- CTS at the edge of the woods retirs oe- fore them. Now they near the ntt,s echool house whose doors and winuows are shut. A lush Is made Tor Us snSi. fer From the cracks between tne logs, made by knocking out the cainN ing, shoots deadly flame oi @. @ ta --+- In tho eH0Tt tO Natter down the door. falls across the hsfeps---a -nusket ball coming fnroasn 2 I the panel has pierced his heart but l the braye fellows in blue are too many 1 for the boys the little log hut. Iney I push forward they crowd afounu .pe house, and for q few moments the m U, mates are prisoners. SUI the ss.... ] arts nress forward until at some points thev are forty and at others only tnff- I ty yards away, and then volley makes
 great rars in their ranks The firing I now extends from our right front Tar away fo the left. The enemy return 1 our fire first by volley and then pro, niscnousiy. In the first firing Coione' Royston is badly wounded ana tnf | cay,mand of the eth deyolves upon Ideutensnt Colonel Herbert, For lew moments every where along the line I the enemy are staggered. but in oui front do not retreat. The battle seems hanging in the balance, and the second l line of the enemy. pressing close pe- I hind the first, near the churcn, tht I Ynomentum Is sucl as to, break op' i lines The 10th Alabama is forced | bask upon the eight companies of the ath. that lie some thirty yards pehfnc l The i2fst New York has passed the Ter If the sfh. But the 2th Alabama stangs I fast The enemy in its front is hele al bay while it's three left companiss' i under order make naekwqip n%s .h,
 wheel and fire down the line or lh' T New York regiment that is passing it'
 The slaughter of this advancing lint
 of thA enemy Is terrible. for the SIT
 Alabama has risen from the groune and with the 10th which has much ol
 it rallied upon the sth. is movinr. aowl
 the enemy by a fire in ironi e., %n,.s ars cir r'
 three left companies of the otn are ~
 ing into their flank, The 9th rushel
 forward with a yeN and in less thar @
 a,,A minutes after Alr line Is broker
 tbe enemy are in full retreat, ieavlhs
 the extreme point to which thev hae
 gotten beyond the church dtstlne,ls ,n rked with their dead and wounded
 ,.,,rr In line There have been n' , orders from General Wilcox to charge nnIess perhaps to the 9th to restor'
 our lines. but when the gallant stl l comes forward with shout It eanno he expected to stop at the old lines and on 1t goes LAeutenant-Colone Herbert Instantly orders forward TT
 sth soon the whole brigade IS ad } ,oncinp and with it two regiments Q 5 seumes' Forward we rush throngi l the woods, and into the fields, driyini tbe enemy's lines over one another r and as they mingie peii n1et Tn n open field, high above Confederate yeli : are heard the voices of officers an : men the shouting take good am boysr"' hold your muskefs lever. an 3 you'll get a Yank"
 3 The carnage wes awful. The enem ? were in confusion, fleeing for thei 3 lives, and all the efforts made ey incl gallant officers to keep them in line 5 were unavailinR. We followed ther 7 beyond the woods till we had neare : the toll gate and they nad Feaehe 3 their reserves of infantry and artiilers 3 These of course we were not in sum B cient force to attack even if dayligb had permItted and we are orHeFe t hack. the enemy making no attemp 6 to follow. Two of Semmes' regiments
 the 10th and 51st Georgia, had charge with us.
 ; renort of Federal Division Commands . General Brooks:
 i "Immediatoly upon entering the dens !, growth of shrubs and trees which con d cealed the enemy. our troops were mf e by heavy and incessant fire of mus
 ketry, yet cur lines advanced until the . reached the crest of the hill in tn q outer skirts of the wood where meet d ing with and being attacked by fires n superior numbers of the enemy ou h forces were finally compelled to with h draw
 s The only fresh troops they met wer n eight companies of the sth Alabami e not numbering more than 225 men. I. Major General Brooks says:
 r Tn this brief but sanguinary cor e flict this (hls) division lost nearl e 1,50o men and officers"
 l. General Wilcox reports tr. Sslb ths s the brigade buried on our front 3Ai d that 1S9 wounded were left in ot '- hands. and that we captured thrs II flags.
 'f very few indeed Besides the weundt n lying thick along our way prisoner
 were taken in the woods and in tt IS little gulleys in the open field 1. Many of the Federal officers in the " reports say the Confederates wei te strongly entreuehed. General Whe'
 ton says G. STD that VI le were not only strongly ei
 trenehed but had abattis In front ly our entrenchments. But there IS ! le truth whatever in either of these stat
 ments. It was an tmpr9mPtu paul IT Our lines were suddenly formed at In point where no fight had been antic le pated CT prepared for. The next nor re ing after the fight of the Srd, thinkir le the enemy might attack again. we al ge rifle pits with bayonets theN men sera of ing I'D the earth with their tin plate lr Brooks Division had four batteri