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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.40 (search)
ed by Colonel, afterwards Major-General Orlando B. Wetroy), who was at the front of the Federal battery. He says: They were driven over their own battery by the charge of the Thirty-third, and the battery captured as related by General Cummings. After the battle was over, General Jackson rode to one of the field hospitals. As he sat upon his horse he looked steadily upon the dying Captain Lee, of the Thirty-third, who was propped against a small tree, and made this remark: The work Colonel Cumming's regiment did today was worth the loss of the entire regiment. Location of the guns. It will be observed that in Colonel Cummings' description of the action, he says: The pieces taken by the Thirty-third were situated considerably to the left (as we were facing) of the Henry House, and the pieces taken by the other regiments of the brigade were somewhat on the same line, but nearer the Henry House. I have no doubt that this statement as to the location of the guns is correct