. Ricordi personali e diario della guerra civile, 1864; . ha visto in modo asily perchè il diciannovesimo corpo hadno notevoli combattimenti per fare qui. La sinistra della linea di enemys di fanteria nella mia parte anteriore, per quanto ho potuto vedere, Finito circa novecento yards alla mia destra alla testa delle ravine non c'era copertura più a nord tranne beyondthe divide che corre est e ovest una buona distanza a nord di fronte al diciannovesimo corpo, e la sua linea è stata piegata per conformarsi alla direzione dei burroni nel mio Anteriore destro; (vedi illustrazione n. 8) la testa della rivoletta aveva banchi piuttosto piani il lato convesso di t

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. Personal recollections and civil war diary, 1864; . asily seen why the Nineteenth Corps hadno considerable fighting to do here. The left of the enemys line of infantry in the ravinein my front, so far as I could see, ended about ninehundred yards to my right at the head of the ravineas there was no cover further north except beyondthe divide running east and west a good distanceaway to the north in front of the Nineteenth Corps, and its line was bent to conform to the ravines direc-tion in my right front; (See No. 8 illustration) thehead of the rivulet had quite flat banks the convexside of the creek and its near and most abrupt bankbeing toward us in my front, but the reverse at thehead of the ravine. This was the point in the enemysline where the gap in our lines occurred mentionedfurther on which owing to the flat artillery and mus-ketry-swept ground was untenable for the SecondBrigade or any force except large enough to drivethe enemys infantry from its cover as was Russells. *See Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Mass., p. 37.. CIVIL WAR DIARY, 1864. 159 (See Nos. 4 and 5 illustrations). If the historianhereafter accuses the Third Division of breaking- inthis assault, it will be but fair to state extenuatingcircumstances, for a portion of the First Brigadewas similarly situated and we got no direct effectiveflank help from our critics on either flank during thefight. The pike from our line of battle ran in anair line about nine hundred yards directly towardsWinchester (See Nos. 2 and 9 illustrations) and waspractically level except where it crossed the divideand little rivulet near my front where in the ravinethe enemy had such a strong force in front of usabout a regiment of which moved there across thepike from in front of the left of our First Brigade, (See No. 6 illustration) the Second Division havingnothing in its immediate front in the ravine and theVermont Brigade only a weak force in its distantleft front beyond, but what a regiment could probably

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