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ollege, which building they had strongly fortified, and opened upon them a brisk fire from Bledsoe's battery, (which, in the absence of Capt. Bledsoe, who had been wounded at Big Dry-Wood, was gallantly commanded by Capt. Emmett McDonald,) and by Parson's battery, under the skillful command of Capt. Guibor. Finding after sunset that our ammunition, the most of which had been left behind on the march from Springfield, was nearly exhausted, and that my men, thousands of whom had not eaten a p cut them off from the water on the north, east, and south of the college, and did inestimable service in the accomplishment of these purposes. Colonel Congreve Jackson's division and a part of Gen. Steen's were posted near Gen. Rains and Gen. Parson as a reserve, but no occasion occurred to call them into action. They were, however, at all times vigilant, and ready to rush upon the enemy. Shortly after entering the city on the 18th, Col. Rives, who commanded the fourth division in t