S COMPOSED OF TRACY'S COCKRELLS. CREENS AND BALDWIN'S
6TH MISSISSIPPI INFANTRY THE BOTETOURT (VIRCINIA) ARTILL
TION OF HUDSON'S (MISSISSIPPI) BATTERY. MOST OF THE C
MARCHES TO REACH THE
RANKS
MENTS MADE
VED
FORCED
BATTLE
TRACY'S BRICADE HELD
EN'S AND THE SIXTH MISSISSIPPI THE LEFT OF THE C
THE BATTLE WAS OPENED AT AN EARLY HOUR BY THE
R'S AND HOVEY S DIVISIONS ON THE RICHT AND OSTERHAUS C
WITH THINNED
THE UNION LINE, SMITH'S DIVISION IN RESERVE
THE C
WAS DRIVEN BACK ABOUT 10 A.M. ANDBALDWIN'S BR
VED. FORMED A NEW LINE ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES
FIRST POSITION. TWO REGIMENTS, JUST ARRIVED, OF COCKRE
POSTED ON THE NEW LINE: CREEN'S BRICADE AND ONE RE
ED. OF COCKRELLS BRICADE, WERE ORDERED TO THE CONFED
HAD RETIRED A LITTLE FROM ITS FIRST POSITION.
DE OF LOCANS DIVISION WAS SENT ON ARRIVAL. TO THE
THE UNION RICHT AND SMITH'S DIVI
BRICADE 0F LOCAN'S DIVISION DID
NEAR THE CLOSE OF THE BATTLE. THE CONFEDERA
UNTIL ABOUT 5:30 PM., WHEN BOTH WINCS WERE
THIRD REINFORCED
ED: THE SECOND
