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The Daily Dispatch: December 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], Interesting account of the battle of Fredericksburg. (search)
Interesting account of the battle of Fredericksburg. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp Near Fredericksburg. December 17, 1862. The five daysfight before Fredericksburg has at last ceased, and I hasten to send you an account of such operations as fell under own my view — of course limited to the brigade to which I am attached, Gen. W. S. Featherstone's; to whose kindness, and to that of Col. Carnot Pesey, 18th Mississippi volunteers. I am indebted for more particular detail than I could otherwise have furnished. The long-looked for signal guns pealed forth about 5 o'clock on the morning of the 11th; the brigade was quickly formed, and awaited orders, all full of hope and courage. Gen. Featherstone gave a few brief directions to Lieut, Col. Manlove commanding the 2d Mississippi battalion, in which he told him to order his men "to take deliberate aim, and shoot the enemy as you are accustomed to shoot squirrel or bear; your courage has often been tried, and