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Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

CHAPTER VII
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He faced two regiments west at right angles to his original line, and by the aid of his artillery held on for an hour longer; his right brigade facing south, west, and north.
The Third Corps left their last position at Chancellorsville slowly and sullenly.

Hayman's brigade, not far from the Chancellorsville House, finding the enemy a good deal disorganized, and coming forward in a languid and inefficient manner, turned--by Sickles' direction--and charged, capturing several hundred prisoners and several colors, and relieving Graham, who was now holding on with the bayonet, from a most perilous flank attack, enabling him to withdraw in good order.

Sickles himself was soon after injured by a spent shot of piece of shell, which struck his waist-belt.

His corps and French's division had lost 5,000 out of 22,000.
Our front gradually melted away and passed to the new line in rear through Humphrey's division of the Fifth Corps, which was posted about half a mile north of the Chancellorsville House in the edge of the thicket, to cover the retreat.

At last only indomitable Hancock remained, fighting McLaws with his front line, and keeping back Stuart and Anderson with his rear line.
The enemy, Jackson's Corps, showed little disposition to follow up their success.


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