had the advance, & our brig. pushed
up the road past the cavalry who
had halted. We soon found that they
had command of the pike, so we
turned off to the right & struck though
the woods till we were on the flank
of the battery, which consisted of 2 guns
in works. We formed in a rice swamp
which they had flooded till it was
two feet deep. and whe They got wind
of our movement and shelled us
for some time while we were wait-
ing for the 1st brig. to get on their
other eend. We moved a little to
get out of range & had only one man
hit. Pretty soon the 1st brig. charged
& we saw the pieces go trundling out
at the gallop & the Johnnies swarm
over the parapet & like bees and
dust after it. Then we rushed forward
at the double, cracking our shins
unmercifully over the cypress stubs of
which the field was full, but not
minding it for our country’s sake,
and getting over the ditches which