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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
Sending an officer to the north side of the railroad, said Trimble, to ascertain the success of the Georgia regiment, he could not immediately find them, and cried out, Halloo! Georgia, where are you? The reply was, Here! All right! We have taken a battery. So have we, was the response, and cheers rent the air. This was one of the most daring and famous exploits of the war. Three hundred prisoners were captured, and a vast amount of stores and munitions of war. In the battle of July 28th, beginning the three days struggle called Second Manassas, the brigades of Lawton and Trimble, constituting the left of the Confederate line of attack, advanced to close quarters with the enemy and suffered severely, Lawton's loss being very heavy. General Ewell was wounded and General Lawton took command of the division. On the following day Lawton formed his division in a line perpendicular to the railroad track, facing Groveton. In the afternoon, considerably weakened in consequence
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
en successful, as the enemy's works were slight, and besides they had scarcely got into position when we made the attack. This attack in succession by the divisions of Brown, Clayton and Walthall, which constituted the battle of Ezra Church, July 28th, was borne by Logan's three divisions, reinforced at critical moments by four regiments from Blair and Dodge. Other reinforcements by Palmer were held in check by Jackson's cavalry. The Federal force engaged was at least 10,000. Logan reportneral Loring and General Stewart were both wounded. On the previous day Brigadier-General Ector, while in the works about Atlanta, was so severely wounded by a fragment of shell as to cause the amputation of his left leg. This bloody battle of July 28th, which might have been successful if fought as planned, but instead, on account of the aggressiveness of Howard's advance, was fought by brigades and divisions in detail, was the last outside the Confederate works at Atlanta. Following it the