ohnson; 44th Va., Col. W. C. Scott; 52d Va., Lieut.-Col. James H. Skinner; 58th Va., Col. Samuel H. Letcher.
Brigade loss: Cross Keys, k, 7; w, 65 == 72. Port Republic, k, 30; w, 169 == 199. Fourth Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Arnold Elzey (w), Col. J. A. Walker: 13th Va., Col. J. A. Walker; 31st Va., Col. John S. Hoffman; 25th Va., Lieut.-Col. Patrick B. Duffy; 12th Ga., Col. Z. T. Conner.
Brigade loss: Cross Keys, k, 5; w, 62==67. Port Republic, k, 15; w, 80; m, 4==99. Seventh Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Isaac R. Trimble: 21st N. C., Col. W. W. Kirkland (w); 21st Ga., Col. J. T. Mercer; 15th Ala., Col. James Cantey; 16th Miss., Col. Carnot Posey (w). Brigade loss: Winchester, k, 22; w, 75 == 97.
Cross Keys, k, 23; w, 109; mn, 6==138. Eighth Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Richard Taylor: 6th La., Col. Isaac G. Seymour; 7th La., Col. H. T. Hays (w), Maj. David B. Penn; 8th La., Col. H. B. Kelly; 9th La., Col. Leroy A. Stafford; La. Battalion, Maj. C. R. Wheat.
Brigade loss: Front Royal and Winchester, k, 21;
ohnson; 44th Va., Col. W. C. Scott; 52d Va., Lieut.-Col. James H. Skinner; 58th Va., Col. Samuel H. Letcher.
Brigade loss: Cross Keys, k, 7; w, 65 == 72. Port Republic, k, 30; w, 169 == 199. Fourth Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Arnold Elzey (w), Col. J. A. Walker: 13th Va., Col. J. A. Walker; 31st Va., Col. John S. Hoffman; 25th Va., Lieut.-Col. Patrick B. Duffy; 12th Ga., Col. Z. T. Conner.
Brigade loss: Cross Keys, k, 5; w, 62==67. Port Republic, k, 15; w, 80; m, 4==99. Seventh Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Isaac R. Trimble: 21st N. C., Col. W. W. Kirkland (w); 21st Ga., Col. J. T. Mercer; 15th Ala., Col. James Cantey; 16th Miss., Col. Carnot Posey (w). Brigade loss: Winchester, k, 22; w, 75 == 97.
Cross Keys, k, 23; w, 109; mn, 6==138. Eighth Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Richard Taylor: 6th La., Col. Isaac G. Seymour; 7th La., Col. H. T. Hays (w), Maj. David B. Penn; 8th La., Col. H. B. Kelly; 9th La., Col. Leroy A. Stafford; La. Battalion, Maj. C. R. Wheat.
Brigade loss: Front Royal and Winchester, k, 21;
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Confederate brigades: A, A, Anderson (R. H.); B, Wilcox; C, Featherston; D, Pryor; E, Pickett; Z, Kemper; F, G, H, J, L, Y, line of A. P. Hill's six brigades at the opening of the battle, as follows: Archer, Field, Anderson (J. R.), Branch, Gregg, Pender; I, K, Hood and Law (Whiting's division of Jackson's corps), replacing Archer, Field, Anderson; M, N, 0, P, Jackson's old division, as follows: Fulkerson (3d Va.), Cunningham (2d Va.), Lawton, and Winder; Q, R, S, Seymour, Trimble, and Elzey; T, U, V, W, X, line at first: Ripley, Colquitt, Rodes, Anderson (G. B.), Garland.
General directions of approach are indicated by dotted lines.
Union batteries: 1, Allen; 2, 3, Weeden; 4, Martin; 5, 5, 5, 5, Edwards; 6, Weed; 7, Tidball; 8, Kingsbury; 9, Hexamer; 10, Upton; 11, 12, 13, 14, Kerns, Easton, DeHart, Cooper; 15, Diederichs, Knieriem, and Tyler; also Voegelee, Smead, Porter, and Robertson.
Total, 124 guns.
Confederate batteries: 16, 17,18, Longstreet's artille
casualties from the fearful artillery fire which reached all parts of the woods.
Hence, more than half the casualties were from field-pieces — an unprecedented thing in warfare.
The artillery practice was kept up till nine o'clock at night, and the darkness added to the glory of the pyrotechnics.
It was quite late when I had posted for the night the last of the reenforcements that had come up when the battle was over.
A half-hour before, an incident occurred which is thus related by General Trimble:
I proposed to General D. H. Hill to ride forward and reconnoiter the enemy's position.
We approached within one hundred steps of the enemy's batteries, and could hear plainly the ordinary tone of conversation.
The guns were then firing on the woods to our left, where the last attack had been made, at right angles to that part of the field we were then in. I suggested to General Hill the advantage of making an attack on this battery, and that it must be successful, as the enemy wo
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Staff loss: w, 1.
Lawton's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. A. R. Lawton, Col. M. Douglass: 13th Ga., Col. M. Douglass; 26th Ga.,-----; 31st Ga.,-----; 38th Ga.,-----; 60th Ga., Maj. T. J. Berry; 61st Ga.,-----. Brigade loss: k, 139; w, 368; m, 5=512. Trimble's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Isaac R. Trimble (w), Capt. W. F. Brown (k): 15th Ala., Maj. A. A. Lowther; 12th Ga., Capt. W. F. Brown; 21st Ga., Capt. Thomas C. Glover; 21st N. C., Lieut.-Col. Saunders Fulton (k); 1st N. C. Battalion,-----. Brigade lossBrig.-Gen. Isaac R. Trimble (w), Capt. W. F. Brown (k): 15th Ala., Maj. A. A. Lowther; 12th Ga., Capt. W. F. Brown; 21st Ga., Capt. Thomas C. Glover; 21st N. C., Lieut.-Col. Saunders Fulton (k); 1st N. C. Battalion,-----. Brigade loss: k, 109; w, 331; m, 7=447. Early's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Jubal A. Early: 13th Va., Col. James A. Walker; 25th Va., Col. George H. Smith (w); 31st Va., Col. John S. Hoffman; 44th Va.,-----; 49th Va., Col. William Smith; 52d Va.,-----; 58th Va.,-----. Brigade loss: k, 29; w, 187; m, 4=220. Hays's Brigade, Col. Henry Forno (w), Col. H. B. Strong: 5th La., Maj. B. Menger; 6th La., Col. H. B. Strong; 7th La.,-----; 8th La., Maj. T. D. Lewis; 14th La.,-----. Brigade loss: k, 87; w, 263; m, 11 = 361. A