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On the right by file into line rang out | On the right by file into line rang out | ||
from Colonel Chamberlin, and the line | from Colonel Chamberlin, and the line | ||
| − | officers and swang into line faceing to | + | officers and swang[sic] into line faceing[sic] to |
the front and over little round top. | the front and over little round top. | ||
| − | Orders wer given to | + | Orders wer[sic] given to Lieut Morrell[?] |
| − | comanding Co. B. to advance and deploy | + | comanding[sic] Co. B. to advance and deploy |
as skirmishers. No sooner said than | as skirmishers. No sooner said than | ||
done and out went Co. B to the front | done and out went Co. B to the front | ||
and left to protect our flank and was | and left to protect our flank and was | ||
soon out of sight in the woods. | soon out of sight in the woods. | ||
| − | We had not been in posision more | + | We had not been in posision[sic] more |
than fifteen minutes when the skirm- | than fifteen minutes when the skirm- | ||
-ishers on our right front was forced | -ishers on our right front was forced | ||
| − | back | + | back into the ranks and the enemy |
advanced close after them. When the | advanced close after them. When the | ||
| − | enemy's line | + | enemy's line hove in sight they wer[sic] |
| − | at short rang and we opened fire on | + | at short rang[sic] and we opened fire on |
| − | them and they replied with grate fury; | + | them and they replied with grate[sic] fury; |
| − | There was a dreadfull roar for a time | + | There was a dreadfull[sic] roar for a time |
when the rebs came round on our left | when the rebs came round on our left | ||
so that the left of our regt had to form | so that the left of our regt had to form | ||
| − | a few | + | a few rods to the rear to prevent a cross |
fire from the enemy. There we held | fire from the enemy. There we held | ||
them with heavy loss and such odds | them with heavy loss and such odds | ||
against us that we see it would not | against us that we see it would not | ||
do to try to hold them much longer. | do to try to hold them much longer. | ||
Revision as of 02:40, 22 March 2017
28 A little Round-top Gettysburg
On the right by file into line rang out
from Colonel Chamberlin, and the line officers and swang[sic] into line faceing[sic] to the front and over little round top. Orders wer[sic] given to Lieut Morrell[?] comanding[sic] Co. B. to advance and deploy as skirmishers. No sooner said than done and out went Co. B to the front and left to protect our flank and was soon out of sight in the woods. We had not been in posision[sic] more than fifteen minutes when the skirm- -ishers on our right front was forced back into the ranks and the enemy advanced close after them. When the enemy's line hove in sight they wer[sic] at short rang[sic] and we opened fire on them and they replied with grate[sic] fury; There was a dreadfull[sic] roar for a time when the rebs came round on our left so that the left of our regt had to form a few rods to the rear to prevent a cross fire from the enemy. There we held them with heavy loss and such odds against us that we see it would not do to try to hold them much longer.