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On they came! Our line as still as the
death which hovered so near them – calmly
waiting their movements. – they as unconscious
of the terrible vengeance they were invoking, as
if we were not in existence, - until within
about a hundred yards of us when Col. S
order sounded clear & distinct in the awful
silence, "Let them have it." and instantly
from two embrasures, burst two bright flames.
whose death accompanying projectiles, [?]
into their astonished ranks, confusion almost in-
-describable. – They did not wait for us to give
them a taste of our small arms, but splendidly
performing, a "right about wheel skedaddle,"
they commenced such an inglorious retreat as
was, perhaps never equalled. – Shell after
Shell exploded in their disordered ranks, and
in a few moments, after, all that could be seen
of our valiant foe, was a long dark line of
battle, most beautifully drawn up just out
of range of our Artillery. – Here gathering
their scattered senses, they remained, contemplating