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Title: History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion ..
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Cuffel, Charles A
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Independent Artillery Battery D (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: (Philadelphia, Craig, Finley & Co., Printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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op in. Theoccurrence had come to be so common that no alarm was taken.Suddenly these scjuads dashed upon the pickets, overpowered them,and sent them to the rear as prisoners. In the main line the menwere sleeping serenely as if in perfect safety. At the same momentthe near Confederate abatis was opened and three strong columnsemerged and carried Fort Steadman and Battery No. 10 with arush. The distance that Gordons men had to charge was notmuch over fifty yards. The garrison, 500 strong, were made pris-oners. Continuing the charge the enemy also carried batteries 11and 12 to the Union left, which they turned toward City Point.A gap of a (juarter of a mile had been made in the Union lines, anopening large enough to give passage to the force of 20,000 whichhad been massed to follow up the assault. The situation had assumed a grave aspect for the Federals,with ihe prospect of Meade Station, with its \aluable stores of arm\-supplies falling into the hands of the enemy. General Iarke, com-
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MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN F. HARTRANFT Battle of Fort Steadman. 239 manding the Ninth Corps, held the hnes for a long distance to theright and left of Fort Steadman. General Meade happened to beat City Point, and this break cut him off from communication withhis headquarters. Parke promptly made preparations to drive theenemy back, summoning Wright and Warren to move troops towardthe point assailed, but before they could come up the Ninth Corpshad done the work. C.eneral Iidball, Chief of Artillery of theNinth Corps, gathered a large number of pieces of artillery andplanted them upon the crest in the rear of the captured works,sweeping the s)jace between the lines thoroughly, which effectuallystopped the advance. General Hartranft, conmianding the ihird Division, composedof recruits from Pennsylvania, was encamped in reserve a mile ormore distant. His division had sprung to arms and came up onthe double-cpiick, arriving just in time to save Meade Station fromcapture. General Willcox was also

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