Memoirs of General William T。 Sherman

第18章

试读中

第18章

Memoirs of General William T。 Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman

后面的故事,去 App 接着看,下载后搜索书名即可继续阅读。

Me
阅读主题
字体大小

  ColonelJ。A。McDowell,commandingthefirstbrigade,heldhisgroundonSunday,tillIorderedhimtofallback,whichhedidinlineofbattle;andwhenordered,heconductedtheattackontheenemy’sleftingoodstyle。Infallingbacktothenextposition,hewasthrownfromhishorseandinjured,andhisbrigadewasnotinpositiononMondaymorning。Hissubordinates,。ColonelsHicksandWorthington,displayedgreatpersonalcourage。ColonelHicksledhisregimentintheattackonSunday,andreceivedawound,whichitisfearedmayprovemortal。Heisabraveandgallantgentleman,anddeserveswellofhiscountry。Lieutenant—ColonelWalcutt,oftheOhioForty—sixth,wasseverelywoundedonSunday,andhasbeendisabledeversince。Mysecondbrigade,ColonelStuart,wasdetachednearlytwomilesfrommyheadquarters。HehadtofighthisownbattleonSunday,againstsuperiornumbers,astheenemyinterposedbetweenhimandGeneralPrentissearlyintheday。

  ColonelStuartwaswoundedseverely,andyetreportedfordutyonMondaymorning,butwascompelledtoleaveduringtheday,whenthecommanddevolvedonColonelT。KilbySmith,whowasalwaysinthethickestofthe,fight,andledthebrigadehandsomely。

  IhavenotyetreceivedColonelStuart’sreportoftheoperationsofhisbrigadeduringthetimehewasdetached,andmustthereforeforbeartomentionnames。Lieutenant—ColonelKyle,oftheSeventy—first,wasmortallywoundedonSunday,buttheregimentitselfIdidnotsee,asonlyasmallfragmentofitwaswiththebrigadewhenitjoinedthedivisiononMondaymorning。Greatcreditisduethefragmentsofmenofthedisorderedregimentswhokeptintheadvance。Iobservedandnoticedthem,butuntilthebrigadiersandcolonelsmaketheirreports,Icannotventuretonameindividuals,butwillindueseasonnoticeallwhokeptinourfrontline,aswellasthosewhopreferredtokeepbacknearthesteamboat—landing。Iwillalsosendafulllistofthekilled,wounded,andmissing,byname,rank,company,andregiment。AtpresentIsubmittheresultinfigures:

  [SummaryofGeneralSherman’sdetailedtable:]

  Killed318

后续内容在 App 继续看

精彩内容未完,打开 App 继续阅读

后面的故事已为你准备好,下载 App 后搜索“Memoirs of General William T。 Sherman”即可继续阅读这一章。