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is fighting still. Jackson now hurries men \p our relief, the Stone- wall brigade coining in on west of the road and the Third brigade on the cast. They succeed in surrounding a part of the command who have us, and take nearly all of them prisoners, including their brig- adier general, and tlu-n release those of our men who were made prisoners, and those men now join in the advance; ju^t at this mo- UK nt the enemy hurl a line of cavalry against us from that cornfield, but our tire was so hot that those who were not unhorsed, made a wheel, and off to the rear they go. Our whole line now advances, and the enemy are in full retreat. We can plainly see Ewell with a part of his division on Slaughter mountain, way off on the right of our line, advancing too, as the mountain at this point was clear or open, we can see his skirmish line in the front firing as they advance, his line of battle following, and his cannon belching out fire and smoke, and the enemy's shells bursting on the mountain side; it was a magnificent and inspiring sight. We keep up the pursuit until 9 or 10 o'clock, when it ends in a terrific cannonade by the enemy.

THE BATTLE WON.

The battle is fought and won; the 2ist Virginia regiment has written its name high on the scroll of honor but at what a cost! They went into battle with two hundred and eighty-four men. Thirty- nine of them lay dead on the field and eighty-four are wounded; many of these men are shot in several places. Old F Company of Richmond has Captain Morgan killed; he was shot through the body by a piece of shell. He was a splendid soldier and the best posted on military matters of any man I knew during the war. Henry Anderson, Joe Nunnally, John Powell, Wm. Pollard, were killed, and Rosvvell Lindsay, after bayoneting a Yankee, was killed also; Bob Gilliam was shot through the leg, Clarence Redd through both wrists, Ned Tompkins in arm and body, Porter Wren through arm, Harrison Watkins through body, Clarence E. Taylor through hip.

The other regiments lose as badly as we do, and nearly half of Jackson's loss in the battle is in the Second brigade. Amongst the killed is Brigadier-General Charles S. Winder, of the Stonewall brig- ade, who commanded the division, and Lieutenant-Colonel Richard H. Cunningham (an old F), who commanded the 2ist Virginia regi- ment, two as gallant men as the cause ever lost. They were a great loss to our command and the army. Both were conspicuous on