Page 57

by a powerful force it was [cha?]
[?] and carried at the point of the
bayonet by Ewells and A P Hills Divs.
The contest which lasted from
early dawn till late in the eve-
ning was most awfully grand.
[Hills?] Brigade was stationed on
the [?] and was not [engaged?]
The Yanks were protected by rifle
[?], breast works [abattis?] and
steel breast plates, and made
a stubborn but useless assistance
for our [own?] boys were determin-
ed "to do or die," and [with?]
a whoop and a cheer the [Rebs?]
carried all positions but for
each success the life and the blood
of many poor souls had been
sacrificed. McLelland was