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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)
nly approachable by narrow and tortuous roads, easy to defend, but surrounded by positions which must be occupied, and which required a numerous garrison. A ridge which commanded the camp to the east, at the south-east a mound (mamelon) called Round Hill, and two cliffs jutting out on the south like two bastions to the right and left of the London road, constituted the main features of these positions, which were separated from each other by deep ravines. After one month of inactivity, Zollints of infantry and one of cavalry. The positions, which had previously only been guarded by advanced sentinels, were now strongly occupied; and when, on the morning of the 21st, two Tennessee regiments advanced, full of confidence, to attack Round Hill, they met with a resistance they had not expected. Bravely advancing under fire, they made the defenders waver for an instant, but they were immediately rallied and soon recovered their advantage, driving the enemy back into the valley. A few