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WITH JACKSON AT HAMILTON’S CROSSING.

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small-iu'nis find artillery. Again the scene of de-struction was repeated ; still the Federal* crossedthe railroad, when a gap in Jackson’s line betweenArcher’s and Thomas’s brigades was discovered bysome of the assailants. [See map, p. 74.] Thisinterval was rushed for by a part of Franklin’stroops as a haven of safety, while the rest of hiscommand Avas repulsed in confusion.

The left of Archer’s brigade, that is, the 1 4tliTennessee and 19th Georgia, commanded byColonel Forbes, tV and a part of the 7th Ten-nessee , commanded by Colonel Goodlier, believingthey were about to be surrounded, gave way.Their comrades on the rigid, unaware of thecondition of affairs on the left, and seeing theenemy routed in their front, were amazed atthis confusion. Officers and men on the rightwere enraged at what seemed to be cowardice,and, rushing toward the broken lines, leveledtheir pistols and muskets and fired into thesefleeing comrades.

Presently the true condition of affairs appearedwhen the victorious brigades of Franklin emergedfrom the woods. Line and field officers rushed toand fro. wildly shouting, “Into line, into line!’’and, even in the face of a flanking foe, the gallantColonel Turney, who temporarily commanded Arch-er’s brigade, succeeded in re-forming his regimentsat right angles to the former line of attack. Thisgave a brief check to the victors. Still the infantryand artillery fire scourged the line. The rout

Colonel W. A. Forbes, of the 14th TenneHSee, wasmortally wounded at the second battle of Hull linn, andthe regiment was commanded at Fredericksburg byLieutenant-Colonel .T. \V. boekerl.— I'.mrons.

or capture of the Confederates seemed inevitable-Turney was struck by a minie-ball, which enteredhis mouth and came out at his neck, and his ap-parently lifeless body was hurriedly placed on ablanket, and four of his devoted followers attemptedto carry him to the rear. They had not proceededfar when a shell burst, among them, and they lJIturn lay helpless by the side of their bleeding cob 1 "mandor.J, Colonel Goodner also did gallant ser-vice in preventing a rout, for, with a part of th e

7th that still held its ground, ho formed a line

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right angles to their former position, and aided d 1checking this dangerous reverse.

Up to tho time of the break in our line no oH ein the ranks apprehended any danger. Those 111front and near this scene of defeat am I confusi 0 "made desperate efforts to rally the men and p 1 ’ 6 'vent a stampede, for we looked for nothing b 11defeat or capture. We were unaware of thethat we had any reserves. Presently Farly’s divis-ion, in the very mood and spirit that had characte 1 "ized Archer’s brigade before tho breaking of ^lines, came at double-quick to our relief, jestiHra,ml yelling at us: “Hero comes old .Tubal! T eold Jubal straighten that fence ! Jubal’s boys a,r<>always getting Hill out o’ trouble! ”

A desperate encounter followed. The FedeJ® ‘fought manfully, but the artillery on our right, t°gotlier with the small-arms, literally mowed t-b e .down. Officers and men lost courage at the sig^ ^their lessening ranks, and in the utmost confu sl °

& Colonel Turnoy, thii,w painfully anil dangor 011 ^wounded, haw, for 1h<* last llftrivn yours, wn-vod ^Ktnto of Tomu-wwoo ns ono of its Hupmtio Jud^* *.1. II. M.