our line of battle, and as it gained on my skirmishers they melted

into and became one with it, and all three of my brigades went over

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

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