"‘With a Deafening Yell’ – The Battle of Averasborough" Topic
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Tango01 | 18 Mar 2015 10:33 p.m. PST |
"Through the darkened rain marched the division of Col. William Hawley. It was five long miles to the advanced position held by Judson Kilpatrick's cavaliers, themselves in the face of an untold number of entrenched Rebels, just this side of Averasborough, North Carolina. The Confederates under William Hardee had taken for themselves a fine position, with both flanks resting upon unfordable rivers. Fearful of attack, Hawley had been ordered forward and encamped for the night less than a mile from the enemy's works. They formed in the dawn, a skirmish line stretching the length of the enemy's, and advanced. They drove pickets before them, and pushed back the thin forward line of the Rebels to their main line of battle. "After thoroughly reconnoitering the enemy's entire position," wrote Kilpatrick, "I decided it was not prudent to attack, and sent back for infantry re-enforcements." Hawley agreed, noting the artillery in his report…"
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