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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 13 : Sharpsburg or Antietam (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnston , Joseph Eccleston 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Seven Pines , battle of (search)
Seven Pines, battle of
See fair Oaks, battle of.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Tenth regiment Massachusetts Infantry . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Sixth South Carolina at seven Pines. (search)
The Sixth South Carolina at seven Pines. By General John Bratton.
[The following address was delivered by General John Bratton on the battlefield of Seven Pines, Virginia, on 6th August, 1885, to the survivors of the Sixth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Army:]
About the 26th May, 1862, we moved up to camp nearer Richmond, not far from where the Confederate Cemetery is located.
At daybreak on the 31st we moved out in accordance with orders to the Williamsburg Road, were halted near a farm or fruit-nursery, (name of owner forgotten). It was here that I learned that the Yankees were a short distance down the road, and we were expected to attack in a few minutes.
We waited there, however, for hours, and it was certainly as late as one o'clock P. M. when we moved on slowly through the mud and slush, and soon evidences of conflict were apparent.
We were told that D. H. Hill was driving them down the road, and ordered to push on. This we did as briskly as