the rifle-pits simultaneously. They then lay down on the face of the

ridge, for a breathing-spell and for protection' from the terrible

fire, of canister and musketry pouring over us from the guns on the

crest. At the rifle-pits there had been little use for the bayonet,

for most of the Confederate troops, disconcerted by the sudden rush,

lay close in the ditch and surrendered, though some few fled up the

slope to the next line. The prisoners were directed to move out to

our rear, and as their intrenchments had now come under fire from the

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