| Page 99troops from Southern Soldiers and
our men had to resort to the bayonets
and butts of their guns to drive
them back from the ground and
owing to some little confusion
among our own Regts they had to
call out their names + numbers
to keep from being fired into by
one another The enemy heard it
and took advantage of the information
gained One of their
brigades by our movement in the
dark had been cut off but as
they came up they sung out
"5th Texas dont shoot" and consequently
escaped us At the
same time to divert us they
darked a squadron of Cavalry
upon us or else the trick | Page 99troops from Southern Soldiers and
our men had to resort to the bayonets
and butts of their guns to drive
them back from the ground and
owing to some little confusion
among our own Regts they had to
call out their names + numbers
to keep from being fired into by
one another The enemy heard it
and took advantage of the information
gained One of their
brigades by our movement in the
dark had been cut off but as
they came up they sung out
"5th Texas dont shoot" and consequently
escaped us At the
same time to divert us they
darked a squadron of Cavalry
upon us or else the trick |
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