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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 5 (search)
assistance of the troops engaged, and, as the Federal force on the field continued to increase, Pickett's and Colston's brigades also reenforced ours. At noon the fighting was reported by Longstr Fort Magruder, placed Wilcox's brigade before it; being further reinforced by A. P. Hill's and Pickett's brigades, he determined to attack the Federal division, and formed the newly-arrived brigadesgstreet's left. Magruder's division was within supporting distance. Next morning, Brigadier-General Pickett, whose brigade was near the left of Longstreet's and Hill's line, learned that a stron General Hill had sent two regiments of Colston's brigade to him. Although largely outnumbered, Pickett met this attack with great resolution, and after a brisk but short action repulsed the enemy, wsses on Sunday are disproved by what immediately precedes, and the reports of Generals Hill and Pickett. The chances of success on that day were all in favor of the Confederates. The numbers of the