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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Williamsburg. (search)
of the document, now mislaid, it is understood will give some further account of this particular engagement. As no Georgia troops were engaged—though the Tenth Georgia (Colonel Phinizy's regiment) was in the stiff skirmish of the evening before, and on the 5th the Fifth North Carolina, our gallant friend, Captain Edge Eve's original command before he jined the cavalry, suffered severely—it is particularly desirable the real facts should be known in this State. S. D. Gainesville, Ga., May 10, 1890. Mr. Salem Dutcher, Augusta: My Dear Sir, —Your favor of the 8th instant, enclosing account of Williamsburg, is received, and both have been carefully read and considered. Your account is a graphic illustration of the affair on our right, where the battle was really made; is as clear as any account of details of that battle that I have read, and, I am pleased to say, is perfectly fair. Early's attack against Hancock was counter to my advice, and was made after the battle was over<