| United States. War Department - 1889 - 1194 páginas
...continued, ably responded to by our batteries. At the end of that time the fire on both sides slackened, and the enemy displayed his first line coming out of the...and the men warned to keep well under cover, and to reserve their fire until the enemy got well within range. As the front line came up, it was met with... | |
| 1998 - 496 páginas
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| Capers Dickson - 1896 - 292 páginas
...General WS Hancock wrote: "I have never seen a more formidable attack." General John Gibbon wrote: "The line moved steadily to the front in a way to excite the admiration of every one." Colonel Norman J. Hall wrote: "The perfect order and steady but rapid advance of the enemy called forth... | |
| 1920 - 496 páginas
...to advance with a degree of ardor, coolness, and bravery worthy of a better cause. * * * Their lines moved steadily to the front in a way to excite the admiration of every one. As their front line came up it was met by such a withering fire that it soon melted away; but still... | |
| Richard F. Miller - 2005 - 572 páginas
...days of battle. General Gibbon quickly rode up the crest of Cemetery Ridge and marveled at the sight. "The line moved steadily to the front in a way to excite the admiration of every one," he reported, "and was followed by a second and third, extending all along our front, as far as the... | |
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