History of the 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Great War O
History of the 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Great War O
Bradford F Thompson
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Marched three miles 011 the Wilmington road, when orders were received from Gen. Schofielcl to htflt and await the arrival of Gen. Cox with the other brigades. At two o clock in the afternoon Gen. Cox arrived and the command again moved forward, and driv ing the enemy s rear guard before it, marched to Town Creek, a narrow, deep, unfordable stream emptying into the Cape Fear Paver. The enemy retreated to the north bank of the creek, to a strong line of earthworks and a fort which had been previ...ously built on a bluff twenty feet above the water, and re moved the planking from the bridge, and with a Whitworth riiied cannon and two smooth twelve-pounder field pieces sweeping the approaches to the bridge, awaited our advance. The rebel forces consisted of Hagood s brigade of Hoke s divis ion, and one other regiment, numbering about eighteen hun dred men ; but their position was a strong one, with a deep river in their front, and it required skill and courage to dis lodge them. On the east side of the river the enemy retreated to a strong position opposite the mouth of Town Creek, closely pursued by Gen.
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