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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.26 (search)
the direction of the sudden battle; and he sent post haste for Gordon's Brigade, the nearest at hand. At double quick it came; under Early's eye it was formed amidst shot and shell, and thus that magnificent field marshal, John B. Gordon, led the counter-charge, which restored the fortunes of a lost field. The next day, May 6th, Early, with Gordon leading again, assaulted Grant's left flank, and put the boot on the other leg, for the result was the capture of 600 prisoners, including Generals Seymour and Haves. Early was with Lee in both of his northern invasions, and is the only other Confederate general who, himself, led two invasions. He won the only battle ever won by Confederate arms beyond the borders of the Confederacy, as witness the defeat of Wallace, on the Monocacy, July 9th, 1864. His three victories in 1864 were the last in which the Army of Northern Virginia drove its foe from the battle-field, as witness Hunter's flight from Lynchburg, June 19th; Wallace's, f