[The Star of Gettysburg by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Star of Gettysburg CHAPTER XII 24/36
We heard that it was full of shoes. We went there this morning to get em, but we found instead that it was full of Yankees." "And they know how to shoot, too," said Lieutenant-Colonel St.Hilaire. "We heard all the thunder of a great battle as we came up." "You haven't come too soon, sir," said Dalton.
"The Yankees are fighting like fiends, and we've made very little headway against 'em. Besides, sir, fresh men are continually coming up for 'em." "And fresh men have now come for our side, too," said Colonel Leonidas Talbot proudly.
"I fancy that a division of Jackson's old corps will have a good deal to say about the result." "What part of the corps, sir, is this ?" asked Harry. "Rodes' division.
General Ewell himself has not yet arrived, but you may be sure he is making the utmost haste with the rest of the division." Rodes, full of eagerness, now pushed his troops forward.
Hill, who saw his coming with unmeasured joy, shifted his men until they were fully in touch with those of Rodes, the whole now forming a great curving line of battle frowning with guns, the troops burning for a new attack. Harry looked up at the sun, which long ago had pierced the mists and vapors, but not the smoke.
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