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y enfilading fire, all would have been lost. These artillery officers deserve great credit, and I have the pleasure to mention them favorably. I may preface the following extract from a letter written me by Gen. McAllister, by saying that Gen. Gordon, commander of the Rebel Second Corps, was in command of the enemy. In a conversation with Gen. Gordon, relative to this 5th of February Hatcher's Run battle, I asked him how many troops he had charging against us. Three divisions, and I wGen. Gordon, relative to this 5th of February Hatcher's Run battle, I asked him how many troops he had charging against us. Three divisions, and I was never more certain of victory. I expected to gobble you up, and don't know why I did not succeed, was his answer. He then asked me, How many troops had you in the fight? I replied, One brigade, assisted by a part of a Massachusetts battery on the other side of a swamp or low ground. He was astonished when ,he learned this fact. He advanced in three lines, division-front, making three separate charges, each of which we rolled back as they came up. He expected the right of his division
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
17. 151. G. Gallagher, Patrick, 207. Gallagher, James, 404. Garlic, Capt., 22. Getty, Gen., 219, 379. Gettysburg, 98, 101, 104, 106, 107, 125, 144. Gilley, R. G., 201, 209, 210, 348, 349. Gibbon, Gen., John, 230, 240, 252, 260, 261, 263, 266, 278, 283, 291, 322, 327, 328, 331, 332, 357, 371. Glidden, O. F., 149, 150, 163, 326, 339, 397, 398. Goldsmith, Richard, 202, 203, 398, 399. Goodwin, John T., 87, 116, 151, 203, 205, 206, 209, 210, 231, 242, 314, 325, 339, 348, 401. Gordon, Gen., 386. Gould, Geo. F., 31, 67, 183, 207, 303, 346, 350. Gould, Chandler, 31, 82, 148, 163, 255, 349, 350, 351. Gowell, Asa L., 149, 150, 151, 163, 203, 205, 255, 288, 351, 404, 441. Granger, Lieut. H. H., 17, 18, 19, 23, 31, 133, 199, 200, 202, 205, 231, 284, 313, 314, 323 333, 343, 344, 358, 362, 365, 367, 368, 375, 397. Granger, Capt. D. A., 368. Granger, Louis E., 371. Grant, Lieut. Gen., 168, 190, 194, 195, 212, 214, 217, 218, 224, 226, 234, 235, 240, 249, 257, 266, 271, 278, 29