Identifier: picketthismen00pick (find matches)
Title: Pickett and his men
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Pickett, La Salle Corbell, 1848-1931
Subjects: Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Jackson. At early dawn the assault was made, assistedby Doubleday, who swept down the Hagerstown turnpikeand struck the center of Jacksons division. Across the river, to and fro the guns hurled their deadlymissiles, and space was filled with flying balls and frag-ments of shell, and heavy clouds of smoke, and the airwas shivered with the thunderous reports. Jones, who led the Stonewall division, was wounded,and the command devolved upon Starke, who in a shorttime was killed. Grigsby sprang to the command, ralliedthe men, and dashed upon Doubleday, who retreated.The Federal lines were several times repulsed, but wereheavily reinforced and flung themselves so impetuouslyupon Jackson that his forces fell back and took a strongpost in the rear. The corn-field which had been so beautiful in the Sep-tember sun shook under the fearful storm that swept overit, and its promise of golden harvest went down foreverunder the rush of murderous feet. Lawton, leading Ewells division, was wounded, and
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I Major-General John Sedgwick ANTIETAM. 113 most of the field-officers were killed or wounded. AsLawton was carried off the field, Hoods brigades camedashing up from the church, leaving their half-cookedbreakfast to the tender mercies of the camp-fire. At thesame time three of D. H. Hills brigades came throughthe Confederate center and attacked Ricketts. Before this onslaught Hooker retreated to the protec-tion of his guns, leaving about one-fourth of his men onthe field. Mansfield led out his two divisions in an effortto regain the ground which Hooker had lost. The battlein the corn raged anew and Mansfield went to swell theroll of the fallen. Early, who had taken the place of the wounded Law-ton, held the position left vacant by Jacksons division,which had been withdrawn at seven oclock. Hood,who had returned to the field, joined with Early and heldthe ground under a heavy fire of a force far greater thantheir own. At half past eight Sumner crossed the Antietam and en-tered East Woo

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