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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ll of ardor and capable of making a brave fight in an enclosed field such as it occupied. He had received all his ammunition, and his artillery was well supplied. On the morning of the 18th he ordered a general attack. All the heights which overlooked the Federal works were crowned with batteries. Owing to his numerical strength, Price was enabled to invest the place completely. The division of Rains took position eastward of the town, that of Parsons on the south and south-west, while Slack's division, supported by the brigades of McBride and Harris, penetrated into the town and established itself strongly in the buildings which the Federals had abandoned several days before. The battle began at once all along the line. The Confederate artillery did great damage to the besieged, who replied but feebly; but being posted behind the entrenchments which they had raised by incessant labor, they kept up a heavy fire of musketry against Price's soldiers. Every time that the latter