The Great Rebellion a History of the Civil War in the United States
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At this time McClellan rode on to the field, his approach heralded by the thundering cheers of the regiments in reserve. With cap in hand, he swept with his escort along the shouting lines, and taking his position by an old well, near where Casey s head-quarters were before the battle of Fair Oaks, listened to the reports of the different generals, and their aids, and then assumed command in person, and directed the remain ing operations till the close of the action. Soon after, a battery, stat...ioned on the rail road, began to throw shells over the heads of our men into the woods and swamp beyond. The exact locality of the enemy being concealed by the for est, an officer ascended a lofty tree that overlooked the sur rounding country, and signalled the battery where to direct its shells. After a sharp fire had been kept up for some time, a second advance was ordered, to retake the rifle pits which we had abandoned. In the mean time, Couch s division under General Palmer, which had been ordered forward to the support of Hooker, came up in splendid order, while two Napoleon guns of De- Russey s battery under Captain Dusenbury, went tearing in a fierce gallop along the Williamsburg road, towards the front.
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