The night was upon us, so a halt was called across the
valley, as reinforcements continued to stream towards
the front. The morning would find two great armies
staring at each other, wondering who would fire the
first shot....
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> Cela
> 9PM
> Capt taft of the 107th was incredulous. It was dark
> as all get out and here was General Ruger himself
> " men. those cannon to your front are vernable and
> we`re gonna take them"
> Sgt Taft was incredulous! Twice already today they
> had assaulted cannon and failed, Now, here in the
> dark they were going to try again. His men groaned,
> except for the crazy Babcock brothers who were
> excited . \\ The men organized in silence and then
> suddenly the Babcock brothers let out a Yank yell
> and the unit was off!!
>
> The Rebs were caught by surprise and the guns never
> got off but the infantry support vollied the 107th
> at point blank. Both Babcock boys were riddled with
> so many balls that their dear mamma wouldn`t
> recognize them, Sgt Taft was hit three times but
> although down was alive. Cpl Jud Hadley and the
> powerful duo of John Dannell and Nate Eaton were in
> among the Reb guns slaughtering the half awake
> cannoneers. And then it was over and the three Reb
> guns were captured thier support driven off and in
> the dark a strange silence pervaded.
>
> The 76th was still on the front but most were too
> exhausted to contibute to the desultory firing to
> their front. They heard the crazy melee sounds on
> the east side of the big hill and also some heavy
> firing to the West, probably on the other side of
> Seminary Ridge. Would this horrible day never end?
> -tony-
>
>
>
Colonel Tony Best
Army of Georgia
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