Leaves from a Soldier's Diary: The Personal Record of Lieutenant George G. Smith, Co. C., 1st Louisiana Regiment Infantry Volunteers White Durint the War of the Rebellion
Leaves from a Soldier's Diary: The Personal Record of Lieutenant George G. Smith, Co. C., 1st Louisiana Regiment Infantry Volunteers White Durint the War of the Rebellion
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...day that will ever be memorable, not for the amount of good or for important victories gained on that day, but for reasons quite the contiary. It will be remembered by the actors in that drama for the desperate encounters of a "forlorn hope," and for the terrible and useless slaughter of human lives. At 12 o'clock ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...day that will ever be memorable, not for the amount of good or for important victories gained on that day, but for reasons quite the contiary. It will be remembered by the actors in that drama for the desperate encounters of a "forlorn hope," and for the terrible and useless slaughter of human lives. At 12 o'clock midnight, we were ordered in line of battle. The night was dark, but the soldiers groped their way through the forest, two miles and a half, towards the left. Here we found eight or ten regiments ready to move. But before we did so it had begun to be daylight. We passed over a bridge, across Thompson's creek, up the bluff, and halted. A line of skirmishers had been sent out to drive in the enemy's pickets, so that the infantry could pass through the trenches without annoyance or discovery. But while we were waiting for this the enemy opened on us from the fortress with heavy guns, firing every conceivable thing they could get into them--pieces of railroad iron, old horseshoes, nails, spikes, etc.--but they flew harmlessly over our heads. A bullet flew uncomfortably near me and wounded a man directly-in my rear. It hit his leg, and I heard the bones crash. But the order soon came to march. A road had been cut through the fallen timber for about half a mile. It wound among the hills in such a manner that no part of it was exposed to the fire from the fort. This was continued up to within two or three hundred yaids of the works. The terminus was protected by a pile of cotton bales. To the left and running parallel to the enemy's breastworks, was a line of hills. We filed to the left and formed in line of battle behind these. During the whole of this time I was ignorant and so was everyone else around me, of what we were about to do. Th...
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