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THE RED DAWN OF SHILOH.
Dick stood appalled when he heard that terrible shout in the dawn, and the crash of cannon and rifles rolling down upon the Union lines.

It was already a shout of triumph and, as he gazed, he saw through the woods the red line of flame, sweeping on without a halt.
The surprise had been complete.

Hardee, leading the Southern advance, struck Peabody's Northern brigade and smashed it up instantly.

The men did not have time to seize their rifles.