Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Hays” in chapter 25, page 265 of John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana:
...into a tete-de-pont to defend a pontoon bridge already laid down.
Lines of rifle-pits were constructed at the same time on each bank.
November 7, 1863, proved a day of gloomy remembrance both for Hays ' brigade and the Louisiana Guard artillery.
On the north bank, in the rifle-pits, was Hays' brigade; in the redoubt on the same side
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