Keywords: drawing outdoor This battle, which lasted an hour, was one incessant firing. It commenced at 1 and ended at 2 P. M. The firing of the Confederates was very wild, most of the shot and shell going over the heads of our men. The enemy as suddenly abandoned their position as they had commenced the attack, and their superior knowledge of the locality and the dense woods made their escape easy. The Federal loss was eight killed and sixty wounded; the Confederate loss was much greater. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) This battle, which lasted an hour, was one incessant firing. It commenced at 1 and ended at 2 P. M. The firing of the Confederates was very wild, most of the shot and shell going over the heads of our men. The enemy as suddenly abandoned their position as they had commenced the attack, and their superior knowledge of the locality and the dense woods made their escape easy. The Federal loss was eight killed and sixty wounded; the Confederate loss was much greater. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) |