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the battle is terrific, the cannon ablazing [???] regular & continued. The rebs getting on both right & left flank, but held no ground any time. 148th stood well and lost considerably. The reb advanced and I remained at my temporary hospital. I turned my attention to a house filled with wounded men mostly from the 3rd Corps. I did what I could for them both in the house and barn. The Rebel Gen. Barksdale, McLaws Div, Longstreet Corps, was brought in, wounded through the breast from behind, came out above the heart, his left leg was broken off below the knee -- He said he was in the house of Reps. eight years from Miss[issippi]. He was clad in the grey jacket trimmed with gold braid on the sleeves from the cuff to elbow. There were three stars on the collar on each side next to chin -- two striped of gold braid down each leg of grey Kentucky jean, two pair of drawers, & a white fine shirt completed his attire. He was corpulent, bold and refined in appearance.
I worked with the wounded until midnight, having gone around the wounded, doing what I could. |