He happens to see the blue coats in the valley, in plain view.

Company H is ordered to fire on them.

We take deliberate aim and fire a solid volley of minnie balls into their midst.
We see a terrible consplutterment among them, and know that we have killed and wounded several of Sherman's incendiaries.

They seem to get mad at our audacity, and ten pieces of cannon are brought up, and pointed right toward us.

We see the smoke boil up, and a moment afterwards the shell is roaring and bursting right among us.