It's very warm and dry and the dust is intolerable it's so
sandy. We remained in our rifle pits until about 9 o'clock a. m. when we
advanced and finding the enemy gone occupied their works till about 3 o'clock
p. m. when we threw up another line of pits, and were then ordered to fall back
to our line of last night, but finally charged through the brush about two
miles and captured another line of works without resistance. There has been
considerable confusion to-day. While on the skirmish line the Eighty-seventh
Pennsylvania of our brigade came near being captured from the fact that for
some unaccountable reason the picket line next on one of its flanks was
withdrawn unknown to Colonel Schall, when the enemy crept through the opening
and captured about a dozen men, but seeing what was the matter, Colonel Schall,
a splendid officer, took such action as was necessary and saved his regiment.
In another instance the First Division of our Corps, which had moved more
slowly than ours and not as wished, found itself and its skirmish line partly a
goodly distance behind our division. It was amusing to say the least, at any
rate to us. We finally got things straightened out with the Second Division on
our left but considerably in rear with its left refused to protect its flank.
The first Division occupied a similar position on our right but a goodly
distance in our rear.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 86-7
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