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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 2 0 Browse Search
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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 29 (search)
ine of infantry from the left up to Webb's position where one of his regiments had retired a few paces. One spirited writer has fixed the immortal stamp upon that Single Line of Blue. After early morning, Lee's artillery could be seen massing in front. Conjecture easily anticipated the object: a tremendous cannonade on some point of the Union line, and an infantry assault ensuing. What point more likely than this conspicuous and central one? Events proved that Lee regarded it as the Key Point of the position. His policy of a fierce assault immediately following a heavy firing of guns with the purpose of piercing his enemy's centre declared his belief in the weakness of that point and his confidence in the successful issue. He had tried the left and been repulsed. He had tried the right and been thrown back. History must record the soundness of his judgment, and how victory barely escaped his grasp. Although the busy preparations of Lee's lines were evident, the morning wa