Sketch of the Life And Character of Rutherford B. Hayes
Sketch of the Life And Character of Rutherford B. Hayes
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
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The enemy came within a few yards. Hayes's men rose with a yell, and struck them with a deadly Sre, every shot of which told, and then charged in their turn. The rebels, thrown into wild disorder, turned and ran, pursued to their reserve line, where they ral- lied and repulsed their pursuers, who took cover in a piece of woods. Now ensued a strange conflict. The commanders on either side were desirous to withdraw 86 A STRANGE CONFLICT. their men. Crook sent Hayes word to let the fire die if he ...could (and the rebels for their part were willing), but not to stop till the enemy stopped. So the men were ordered to let the fire drop, and they fired more and more infrequently, till it came to only a shot at a time ; then suddenly three or four would fire by chance together, and on this the whole of both sides would en- gage again. At last, without the retirement of either army, the surgeons and burying parties from both sides began to mingle together with lanterns, looking for the wounded and the dead between the hosts.
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