The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 158 pages of information about The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 3.

The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 158 pages of information about The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 3.

Report of colonel Emerson Opdyke, first demi-brigade:  ...."My command captured Bragg’s headquarters, house, and the six guns which were near there; one of these I ordered turned upon the enemy, which was done with effect.”

Report of colonel H. C. Dunlap, third Kentucky:  ...."The point at which the centre of my regiment reached the crest was at the stable to the left of the house said to be Bragg’s headquarters, and immediately in front of the road which leads down the southern slope of the ridge.  One piece of the abandoned battery, was to the left of this point, the remainder to the right, near by.”

Report of lieutenant-colonel W. A. BULLITT, sixty-fifth Ohio:  ...."The position in which my regiment found itself was immediately in front of a battery, which belched forth a stream of canister upon us with terrible rapidity.  In addition to this, the enemy, whenever driven from other points, rallied around this battery, and defended it with desperation.  It cost a struggle to take it; but we finally succeeded, and the colors of the Sixty-fifth Ohio were the first planted upon the yet smoking guns.  Captain Smith, of my regiment, was placed in charge of the captured battery, which consisted of 5 guns, 3 caissons, and 17 horses.”

Report of Captain E. P. Bates, one hundred and twenty-fifth Ohio:  ...."Perceiving that the ridge across which my regiment extended was commanded to the very crest by a battery in front, also by those to right and left, I directed the men to pass up the gorges on either side.  About forty men, with Captain Parks and Lieutenant Stinger, passed to the left, the balance to the right, and boldly charged on, till, foremost with those of other regiments, they stood on the strongest point of the enemy’s works, masters alike of his guns and position....  Captain Parks reports his skirmish-line to have charged upon and captured one gun, that otherwise would have been hauled off.”

Report of colonel Allen Buckner, seventy-ninth Illinois:  ...."The right of the regiment rested on the left of the road, where it crossed the rebel fortification, leading up the hill toward Bragg’s headquarters.  We took a right oblique direction through a peach orchard until arriving at the woods and logs on the side of the ridge, when I ordered the men to commence firing, which they did with good effect, and continued it all the way up until the heights were gained.  At this point the left of the regiment was near the right of the house, and I claim that my officers and men captured two large brass pieces, literally punching the cannoniers from their guns.  Privates John Fregan and Jasper Patterson, from Company “A,” rushed down the hill, captured one caisson, with a cannonier and six horses, and brought them back.”

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