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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 177 (search)
Thirty-first Massachusetts was immediately sent to reenforce him. As soon as they arrived a charge was made by Colonel Sharpe upon a strong abattis to the right of the earthworks, in the woods, about two hundred yards distant, and hidden entirely from sight of the latter by the trees. The position was evidently a very strong one, for the enemy had dug a ditch and felled trees around it. The rebels in the abattis fought bravely, and our forces fell back about twenty feet, when Sergeant Charles W. Kennedy, of company I, advancing to the front, waved his musket as an officer would his sword,and impulsively shouted: Let's try it again, boys! We'll have it this time! Follow me! And the gallant fellow bounding forward, the rest followed with a yell, when the ditch, obstructions and guns were passed in a moment, and the next instant the abattis was taken and the enemy at the mercy of our soldiers. The latter, eighty-six in number, at once surrendered. One hundred stand of arms were