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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, chapter 7 (search)
the Federal lines. There they were killed until their bodies lay, as a Federal account described it, as thick as flies in a bowl of sugar, before the survivors realized the trap into which they had been sent, and got back as best they could. The 1st N. C. suffered 142 casualties, including all three field-officers and the adjutant. The 44th Ga. lost 335, including its Col. and Lt.-Col., —a regimental loss seldom equalled in so short a time. The total casualties of this battle were about 1350 and included 14 field-officers. The Federals reported their loss as 361. Porter, in his report, says that only during the night, by reports from scouts and outposts, did the Federals become aware of the close proximity of Jackson's force, and it was recognized at once that McClellan's army was in a very critical condition. He writes: — But for the conception of the idea of a flank movement, changing our base by the left flank to the James River, our position would have left but one a