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pieces of artillery posted in the city and on Stafford's Heights, was directed on Marye's Hill, and three columns of infantry seemed to rise out of the earth, and rushed forward with demoniac shouts and veils — one from a valley in front of Marye's Hill, one from the city on the plank road, and up the valley of Hazel Run. The Twenty- first regiment and Miller's gun repulsed the column on the plank road, and drove it back twice. The right wing of the Eighteenth regiment, the two guns of the first company, and Parker's gun on Willis's Hill, drove back the column that advanced up Hazel Run. The centre column that advanced from the valley, directly in front of Marye's Hill, moved steadily forward until it passed the point where it could be reached by Miller's gun, and proved too much for the left wing of the Eighteenth regiment, and three companies of the Twenty-first regiment, and, by an impetuous charge, broke through the battle-worn ranks of the ever-glorious Eighteenth, and over- whelmed the line at the stone-fence by jumping into the sunken road, and bayoneted and shot down many of our boys after they surren- dered. Colonel T. M. Griffin, of Madison county ; Lieutenant- Colonel W. Henry Luse, of Yazoo county, and Lieutenant J. Clark, of Jackson, were captured. Major J. C. Campbell, of Jackson, was wounded, but made his escape, and died in a few days. Lieutenant Mackey, of Madison county, was wounded, and died in Fredericks- ' burg. Adjutant Oscar Stuart, of Jackson, Lieutenant H. T. Garri- son, Lieutenant S. T. Fort, and William Cowen, were killed by drunken soldiers after they surrendered. One-half of the Eigh- teenth, and three companies of the Twenty-first, were killed or cap tured in the road. The enemy rushed forward up the hill, and taking advantage of a ravine, between Marye's Hill and the redoubt occu- pied by the first company of Washington Artillery, gained the rear of the company while in the act of pouring shell and cannister uptm the mass advancing over the field before them. Many of the enemy were drunk, and shot down some of the artillerists after they surren- dered. The first company lost two guns. Sergeant W. West, a gal- lant soldier, killed while placing his gun in position ; Private Flo- rence and others killed after surrendering. Captain Earnest and nine others wounded. Captain Squiers, Captain Edward Owen, and Lieutenant Galbreath, and about twenty-five others, were captured. Parker's Battery lost its gun and half the men.

The first intimation I had of the disaster at the stone-wall was from a sharpshooter's minnie-ball striking the vizor of my cap, and driving it back against and blinding for the time my left eye. This attracted