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distance from us, but as we only thought
it was their rear guard corvering their retreat
only a few Skirmishers were thrown out
to drive them up, but as we gained
the edge of the wood, their fortifications
were close to us, and they opened upon
us with their cannon, some of a New
York battery attacked [attached] to this division, and
returmed the fire, a part of a regular
battery, refused to fight, and the regular
major cut down two of them with his
Sabre, they Said they were too near
the enemies works, the guns were
quickly maned [manned] by the N.Y. boys, one
of the rebels [works] mounting four
guns was so handy to our battery,
that two of our companies (,B & K)
were directed to deploy as Skirmishers
and creep up and pick of [off] the men
that worked the guns, and So well
well did we perform this duty, that
only one Shot was fired from that