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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Crenshaw Battery, (search)
h confidence for deliverance and safety. Your past exploits give assurance that this confidence is not misplaced. R. E. Lee, General Comd'g. After the battle of Sharpsburg our camp was several times changed in the Valley of Virginia, and finally landed down below Berryville, where we rested up, and, with the exception of a small affair at Snicker's Gap, had a quiet time. Saturday, November 22, received orders to take up the line of march for Fredericksburg, where we arrived December 2, and at once began preparations for the conflict of the 13th—as Burnside's army was already strung along the Rappahannock river and beyond. The hills near Hamilton's Crossing were soon crowned with artillery, and the guns of the Crenshaw Battery were not the least conspicuous. When the enemy advanced and opened fire the battery was soon enveloped in a storm of shot and shell, as well as subjected to a galling fire of infantry, but right well did the men acquit themselves, although they