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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1864. (search)
f our men. We passed over this line, and I suppose my heart was hardened by the excitement; for I could look upon them with the utmost indifference. We obliqued to the right, and soon saw a body of our troops lying in the edge of the woods, who received a volley as we came in sight. We marched into the woods in great disorder; and before we had time to form a line of battle, the bullets flew like hailstones, and many a brave comrade laid down his arms and went to a soldier's reward. I saw Murphy as he died; Hayden lay beside him, and a third was at my feet. I loaded and fired as fast as I could, but aimed at something every time; for I was not so excited but that I knew all that was going on, and realized my situation. We were on a rise in the ground, on a ledge of rocks, in full view of the enemy, who lay below us in a cornfield. They fired in deadly volleys, and the bullets flew thick and fast. Georgy [his cousin, George Fletcher, mentioned above] was struck and slightly wound
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B., Col., II. 240. Moore, S. W., II. 229. Morgan, E. D., Gov., I. 11, 91;. Morgan, J., II. 241. Morris, Josephine M., I. 90. Morse, C. F., Lieut.-Col., II. 273, 274;. Mosby, J. S., Col. (Rebel service), 1.291,300, 303; II. 302. 329, 359. Motley, J. L., I. 6, 7;. Mott, G., Maj.-Gen., I. 430. Mudge, Caroline A., II. 142. Mudge, C. R., Lieut.-Col., Memoir, II. 142-152. Also, II. 83, 106;,122, 251,258. Mudge, E. R., II. 142. Mulligan, J. A., Col., I. 160. Murphy, Private, II. 427. Myer, Maj., II. 252. N. Nelson, Col., I. 67. Newcomb, E. M. Lieut., Memoir, II. 153-157. Also, II. 7. Newcomb, J. J., II. 153. Newcomb, Mary S., II. 153. Nichols, J., Dr. . I. 409. Nightingale, C., Rev., I. 42. Nutt, William, Maj., II. 381. O. Olmstead, F. L., I. 225, 226;. Osborne, F. A., Col., I. 376. Ossoli, Margaret Fuller, I. 72, 86;. Otis, H. G., I. 110. P. Page, Private, II. 87. Paine, C. C., II. 453. Paine, C.