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The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
amongst them. It is somewhat singular that the rebel batteries did not return the fire of our guns. Up to the present time they have not opened in response. About 10 o'clock the engineers were formed for a third attempt to construct the bridge. The 8th Connecticut, under Col. Ward, was lying at this time near the river bank, in support of one of our batteries. After the previous ineffectual attempts on the part of the engineers to cross, a party of 80 men from the regiment under Capt. Marsh volunteered to assist in this new endeavor to finish laying the bridge, and once more the column with this reinforcement started down to the river. Under the direction of Gen. Woodbury they seized the planks and carried out some dozen to the end of the string of boats, placed a part of them, and were then compelled to retire under a very galling fire from the rebel sharpshooters who were ensconced securely in rifle pits below the range of the artillery, and within 15 or 20 feet of th