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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 29, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Edward Everett. (search)
rty yards distant, the attention of the writer had been drawn to this precision, when bang! came the third gun, taking off the head of the officer in command of our gun. Then our piece was rapidly moved to another position, but too late to save the life of a gallant officer. There was a constant struggle during the day over the enemy's batteries. Time and again were they captured by our men, and very often retaken by the enemy. The most excited creature on the battle field was the Rev. Mr. Repetto, Captain of the Page County (Va.) Grays, who claimed the honor of taking Rickett's (Sherman's) Battery. Of his whole company, nearly 100 strong, he had only 18 uninjured. Another of our Reverends, Col. Pendleton, a graduate of West Point, a resident of Lexington, Virginia, and an Episcopalian Minister, was quite busy during the day, and doubtless did more than any one else to check the advancing enemy. The inquiry among the prisoners was very general "who the Devil commanded that b