The Life And Letters of George Gordon Meade Major General United States Army V
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He replied, better than he expected, but not so well as they ought; that there was much shirking and running away on the part of both officers and men. Still, he persuaded two regiments to maintain their ground and finally to charge. These were the Kane Rifles (Charley Biddle's regiment) and the Ninth, a very good regi- ment commanded by a Colonel Jackson. One regiment he could do nothing with — (but this, as well as all that precedes, is entre nous). The fact that the enemy were routed, leavin...g killed, wounded, bag- gage, etc. , on the ground, will always be held up to show how gallantly the volunteers can and did behave, and the world will never know that it was the judicious posting and serving of the battery by Ord (him- self an artillery officer) which demoralized and threw into confusion Brigadier-General Edward 0. C. Ord, commanding 3d Brg. Pa. Reserves. 238 LIFE AND LETTERS OF GENERAL MEADE the enemy, and prepared them to run the moment our people showed a bold front, which it required all Ord's efforts and some time to get them to do.
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