Braving the Fire
The Union attacking force paused briefly to reorganize in the low ground behind you. Then, defying heavy infantry and artillery fire, they lunged toward the steep earth walls of Fort Harrison.
From a sketch by noted artist, William Waud.
Some of our men fall riddled with bullets; great gaps are rent in our ranks as the shells cut their way through us, or burst in our midst; a solid shot or shell striking directly will bore straight through ten or twenty men; here are some men literally cut in two, others yonder are blown to pieces -- and the horrors of an assault in force... are repeated over and over again.
S. Millett Thompson, 13th New Hampshire Infantry
Marker can be reached from Battlefield Park Road, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
