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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
battery was ordered to his support. Captain Brown was the first to fire, to whom the enemy did not reply. Soon after, however, when Captain Moody opened he was replied to by an enfilading battery, unmasked on the right during the previous night, and about two batteries in front. This engagement lasted about two hours, when the batteries were ordered to retire. Captain Brown was again unfortunate in the loss of his gallant Second Lieutenant Kearns, who fell, nobly doing his duty. Private J. W. Clarke was slightly wounded, and one horse was killed. Captain Moody's loss consisted of the wounding of Lieutenant Daniel P. Mervin, (right arm shattered,) and private Kennedy, wounded in both feet, and one horse killed and three badly wounded. On Sunday, twenty-ninth, after passing the enemy's intrenchments about three quarters of a mile, Captain Hart's battery of six guns was placed in position to shell the woods in advance of the line of skirmishers of Colonel Anderson's brigade. Th