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in all of which they were repulsed with great loss.
I saw more of their dead lying on the ground in our front than I ever saw in the same space during the war.
One of my company wrote home that ‘he was shot all to pieces,’ had twenty-seven holes shot through his blanket.
In his next letter he explained that his blanket was folded and one shot going through it, made the twenty-seven holes.
It was the unanimous sentiment of the 2d Brigade that they were never handled as well before as they were by Col. Bradley T. Johnson, during this battle, and the balance of the time he was with us. His personal interest in the men went right to their hearts, and they showed their appreciation by obeying every order with cheerfulness and alacrity, and these circumstances made him a Brigadier-General.
Here is an extract from a letter written to the Secretary of War by Lieutenant-General Jackson, in which he thus mentions Colonel Johnson and the 2d Brigade at Second Manassas:
‘The heroism with which the brigade fought, and its success in battle, but brightened my opinion of its commander.’
John H. Worsham, F Company, 21st Virginia Regiment Infantry, 2d Brigade, Jackson's Division, 2d Corps, A. N. Va.
