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more of battle on our left. About 5PM a courier arrived from Genl Longstreet for Hood to push the Div in and engage the enemy in our front. The order was instantly given and the whole line moved down on both sides of the Turnpike into the open fields - just in our front. Parson Davis thus speaks of our advance on the 9th, "Their step is steady and glistening steel flashes along the whole line. The artillery has been placed upon the hills and as the infantry moved down the artillery filled the heavens with shot and shell. Finally the "make ready" is heard and instantly a shot of fire flashes along the whole line." We charge their