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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 138 (search)
e Twenty-first Massachusetts and Fifty-first Pennsylvania, to take shelter in the woods to the right, and gradually to work their way up on to the right wing of the enemy, and get ready to charge upon him when Col. Hawkins should arrive with his force, he having been sent for by Gen. Reno to come forward with all possible despatch. Col. Howard immediately advanced with his two howitzers, which were with Gen. Reno's command. Lieut. Herbert of the Ninth New-York was captain of one, and Lieut. Morris of the same regiment captain of the other. These pieces were run forward in the face of a raking fire from the enemy's batteries until they arrived within a few hundred feet of their guns, when Col. Howard and his brave men opened a brisk fire with telling effect, refusing to give an inch. The enemy had selected a very desirable position, which enabled them to command the approaches from the road, as well as from the field. They were in a grove on the square side of this half-circle
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 139 (search)
rty-pounder Parrott guns, commanded by Capt. Lewis O. Morris, of company C, First artillery, (reguly C, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts volunteers. Capt. Morris was assisted by First Lieut. Cowan and Secoe understood that neither Capt. Williamson, Capt. Morris, nor Lieut. Flagler could have idled much; from the whole line of soldier-spectators. Capt. Morris followed suit with a shot from one of his glein, which struck on the hill to the right of Morris's battery, without doing harm. The complimentted to the attack. Up to this time many of Capt. Morris's shot had been wasted by the extreme elevas was timely and acted upon at once by both Capt. Morris and Lieut. Flagler. The guns of the one wes such a long range. Naturally the fire of Capt. Morris and Lieut. Flagler was directed first to thirty-two-pounder shot passed through one of Capt. Morris's embrasures, and striking the wheel of thects nothing from the credit which is due to Capt. Morris, Lieut. Flagler, and Lieut. Prouty, for the[7 more...]