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Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Edward Brackett (search)
is detachment was thrown out on a side road to protect the left flank of the marching column. While the detachment was fording the creek—Wolf's Run—we came upon a body of the enemy and received their fire, and returned the compliment. Brackett stood in the middle of the stream, up to his waist in mud and water, with others, and loaded and fired his rifle, until the enemy were repulsed, when the detachment retired, and, after a long night march, overtook the army about midnight of the nineteenth of July. After much fatigue and hunger, we located our regiment (Fifth Massachusetts) on the top of Centreville Heights, near Bull Run, or Manassas Junction. On the morning of July 21, 1861, we started for the battlefield, and were in this battle until afternoon. Brackett, throughout this battle, showed great gallantry, and made himself very conspicuous by his coolness and bravery while under fire. After the battle of Bull Run (Sunday, July 21, 1861), the regiment marched to Washington