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artillery, and two under Capt. Raine, of Lynchburg, commander of the Lee battery, were ordered to take a position on an eminence near the infantry, and as the Yankee hosts were driving our infantry three of these guns opened upon the advancing Yankees with canister in rapid succession, mowing them down, and broke their lines, though they were then advancing in three columns, about 300 yards distant. This check enabled us to hold the position until reinforcements — consisting of McLaws's and Walker's divisions — came up, when, in turn, the Yankees gave way, never to recover the ground during the day. This was the place they massed their forces, (near the centre,) so as to cut us in twain, but were foiled. About this time the largest number of our forces were engaged, and I believe, including Longstreet's corps on our right, that we had engaged actively in the fight more than 50,000 men at one time. I have heard that only a few brigades fought at a time, coming up to relieve each othe