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and sent two companies in charge of judicious officers to reconnoiter the ground in front. They reported a large body of the enemy in a ravine not more than two or three hundred yards distant. I therefore kept these two companies out, with orders to watch the enemy, while our main line, kept on the alert by occasional volleys from below, held its position among the rocks throughout the night. In the meantime the 83d Penna. and the 5th & 12th Penna Reserves came up and formed as a support. The next day at noon we were relieved by the 1st Brigade.

 We were engaged with Laws' Brigade, Hoods' Div. The prisoners represented themselves as from the 15th and 47th Alabama and 4th and 5th Texas Regts.  The whole number of prisoners taken by us is three hundred & ninety three - of arms captured three hundred stand.  At least one hundred and fifty of the enemy's killed and wounded were found in front of our first line of battle.

 We went into the fight with three hundred & fifty eight guns.  Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket was armed and engaged.  Our loss is one hundred & thirty six - thirty killed, one hundred & five wounded - many mortally - and one taken prisoner in the night advance.  Often as our line was broken