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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, Oct. 1863-Jan. 1864
1863-11-25 Page 02
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to hold his own. Sherman not needing us we countermarched and formed line near the R R, our reg't the 2nd line of the brigade, and after lying there until 3 we started on the perilous mission of charging the ridge, Our reg't was on the left of the brigade in the rear line in double column We advanced under a heavy fire of shells, across the valley, which was 3/4 mile wide and began the ascent of the ridge which was bristling with bayonets and pouring a perfect storm of grape, canister,
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to hold his own. Sherman not needing us we countermarched and formed line near the R R, our reg't the 2nd line of the brigade, and after lying there until 3 we started on the perilous mission of charging the ridge, Our reg't was on the left of the brigade in the rear line in double column We advanced under a heavy fire of shells, across the valley, which was 3/4 mile wide and began the ascent of the ridge which was bristling with bayonets and pouring a perfect storm of grape, canister,
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