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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 14: (search)
on as the Federal front was broken, to strike Butler's flank and rear. Each division was accompanied by a battalion of artillery and a small cavalry force. From this admirably conceived plan, General Beauregard expected to destroy or capture Butler's army. The Confederate troops took position by bright moonlight. Just after dawn a fog, so dense that a horseman could not be seen at fifteen paces, settled down and greatly retarded operations. General Ransom's left was confronted by Generals Weitzel's and Brooks' Federal divisions. General Hoke faced Terry's and Turner's divisions. The Federals occupied a line of works that the Confederates had constructed. In front of a good part of the Federal line, telegraph wires had been stretched near the ground. General Ransom moved out of the trenches before day, and formed line of battle with Grade, supported by Terry on his left, and Hoke's old brigade, commanded by Colonel Lewis, supported by Fry on the right. He struck Heckman's