The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 34, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 806
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lltimno at Jenkins" Ferv y:. At. 1 2 p. i . the night (,of the ' )tl ultinti I
comnenced the mar'lch i the (lirectioln of Jenkins' Ferry. Tlh night
was (lark and the r(oad very )ad and ln(mdI(ly. so thallt I iy1 ro1'ss
was necessarily slow, with troops almost eXllauste(l by loln)g anmi(d cn),
tiliuous marching. Cheerfully, however, did they m ov((e t hIroiglh
the mud and rain (which il the morning began to fall) until about
8 a. m. on the 30th, when I was ordered to form line of battle o t the
crest of the last li] on the road to Jenkins' Ferry, an(d (con)l'(rngi '
my movements to those of General rTa)l)n, supl))ort hilm in his ad-
vance. I lha(d scarcely formed my brigade when this or(delr( was
revoked, and by or(ler of G(eneral Churchill I In(~(ve(1 al)out a mile
(lowl thle road toward the ferry and took up position, su)po()rting
General Hawthorn's brigade, then engage(l. Iln a short time (hn-
eral Parsons' Missouri division arrived on the field. and was formed
with Burns' brigade o.n my right and Clark's o() rmy left. rTe whole
line then moved to the attack, and had not advaancedl more than 100(
yards until the skirmishers were rallied on the )riga(de and the en-
gagement became general. ()Only a few volleys had been tired. when
I ordered my brigade to charge, which was done in splendid style.
At this moment I saw General Clark's eltire brigade give way, and
I mlnediately dispatcihed( a staff officer to General Churchill to inform
]him of the fact. and ask for re-enforcement.s t()o sul)p(ort my left. My
1)rigad(e continued steadily and rapidly to al( vance,. driving the enemy
from every position lhe took, passing over his killed and wounded at
every step and leaving a large number of priso.'r1s in mly rear. In
this manner I drove the enemy nearly a mile. ex,)ecti(ng every nIo-
inent support for my left, or that Colonel Burnis. on my right. would[
rout that wing and thus relieve my flank.
At this time, however. I received in forination from General
Churchill that he .had no re-en forcements to sen(l mne. General Tap-
pain, who was near ' ne at the time, offered to go to tlhe. cavalry and
ask for support for me, and I determined to hold my position then
until I could hear from him, or as long as I c(11(ld, and1(1 directed Col-
onel Davie to change the front of his regiment p)erpl)endicular to. and
protecting as far as possible, my line of battle. This was promptly
(lone, but his regiment was to(.o small to protect me from the heavy
fire which the enemy now poured on me from that direction. Burns'
brigade, on my right, ha(l given way, and fresh troops were sweep-
ing around my left. and believing it impossible to longer 1()1(1 ly
position, I ordered the brigade to fall back. This was (done in good
order, slowly retiring and returning the enemy's fire at every step f(r)
about a quarter of a mile, when, being 11n() longer able to )protect miyself
against the rapid movement of the eenemy on my left flank. I. was
compelled to fall back hastily and in some confusion. This co(ifu-
sion was in a great measure corrected by the gallantry of Brigadier-
General Churchill. commanding division, who (lislnounted, seized
a rifle, and(l rallied the remnant of the brigade around himn under a
heavy tire. Being unsupported by any other command. it was im-
possible to resist the attack of thle enemy there, and by his order I
directed my brigade to fall back to the hill. and sent, two staff ofri-
cers-Captain Carter, acting assistant adjutant-general, and Captain
Gause, volunteer aide for that day--to that p)int. with directions to
stop) all stragglers and form then in the 1(road near the hospital. Ili a
short time my brigade was reformed and moving again to) thle attack.
Though very mnluch fatigued by more than three hours' continuous
fighting, and having exhausted nearly every :0oun( of amlnunitionIA).iSIAN\ AN) 1THE . NS-I11!iIl1PI.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 34, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1892; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146033/m1/835/?q=Tappan%27s: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.