. History of the great rebellion, from its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, the secession of the southern states, and the formation of the Confederate government, the concentration of the military and financial resources of the federal government ... together with sketches of the lives of all the eminent statesmen and military and naval commanders, with a full and complete index. From official sources . ntage. Meantime, Hancock, at five oclock, moved to the attack with suchvigor, that by eleven oclock he had gained a mile of ground fromBrock road towards Parkers Stor
. History of the great rebellion, from its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, the secession of the southern states, and the formation of the Confederate government, the concentration of the military and financial resources of the federal government ... together with sketches of the lives of all the eminent statesmen and military and naval commanders, with a full and complete index. From official sources . ntage. Meantime, Hancock, at five oclock, moved to the attack with suchvigor, that by eleven oclock he had gained a mile of ground fromBrock road towards Parkers Store, and had got possession of someof the enemys rifle-pits. This advance increased tlie gap between theSecond nnd Fifth Corps, and Burnsides man were still absent. Han-cock had in his front the divisions of Heth and Wilcox, of HillsCorps, which had suffered greatly on the previous day, and were tohave been relieved at night. They stood gallantly for a while ; but atlast, shrinking before the compact masses hmled upon them, theycommenced a retreat, which from a walk grew into a run, from a runinto a demoralized rout. At this moment the corps which Longstreethad so long led advanced along the Into their leadingfiles at headlong speed and in wild disarray the broken ranksof Heth and Wilcox, mingled with field-pieces, ambulances, caissons,runaway horses, and shouting officers stri\lng to bear up against the. HON. EDWIN M. STANTON. Sr^CRETART OF WAB,. HISTORY OF THE GEEAT EEBELLIOTf. 513 rout, but whirled along in its resistless current. Beside the road wasGeneral Lee, irritated and excited beyond precedent, eager to stem thetorrent of flight hy catching hold of any organized body of men andlaunching them in person against the head of the Federal this hurly-burly of confusion and alarm supervened at the most crit-ical moment Longstreet and his Corps. This fresh body of troops, withKershaws Division in advance, came forward upon the exhausted Fed-eral
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