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impossible to execute the order, since many of the cannoneers were either killed or wounded, and the horses shot at the limbers. At the first fire, Lieut. Burnham fell mortally wounded; Lieut. Ludlow was also wounded and fell into the enemy's hands, and myself slightly wounded in the side. The battery was taken by the enemy, after firing sixteen rounds of canister.
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H did not have much infantry support and enemy fire quickly shot down their gunners. Second
Lieutenant Israel Ludlow was also injured and captured during the action. Burnham was shot in the chest, mortally wounded. When sole remaining battery officer Second Lieutenant Joshua A. Fessenden asked Burnham if he was hurt, he responded: "Not much, but save the guns!".
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with double-shotted canister to repel the enemy infantry. Battery H opened up as soon as supporting infantry skirmishers were clear, causing the
Confederates to take cover. The infantrymen in front of the guns occupied a slightly lower elevation and saw the shot flying over their heads. But Battery
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Burnham and Ludlow fell. Battery H was overrun, but Fessenden successfully rallied his troops, recaptured his artillery pieces, and even captured one Confederate gun. Fessenden's men hauled off the pieces, but without their ammunition
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During the morning, after an all night march, we were ordered forward by
General King. The battery was hardly in position before the troops on the right gave way and it was exposed to a most terrific fire of musketry from front and flank. General King ordered us to limber to the rear, but it was
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troops charging his position, he attempted to bring his battery horses forward to limber and haul off the guns, but alert
Confederates shot the animals as soon as they were within sight. With no chance of escape, he ordered his gunners to load their four
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