killed a sergeant of Rigby's battery," says General Brooks.

"A section of artillery occupied every successive crest upon our line of march, and much annoyed our advance," says General John Sedgwick.

"The fire of these two guns (Cobbs's) held the enemy in check some time," says General Wilcox.

At length General Brooks brought up a battery (Rigby's six guns) and opened upon Wilcox, then slowly advanced his solid lines.

"My command then moved back to Salem Heights," says General Wilcox, "and formed line of battle across the Orange Plank road at right angles with it; the Eleventh and Fourteenth Alabama regiments were on the left of the road, the Tenth Alabama on the right, next to the road, the Eighth Alabama on the right of the Tenth. There was an interval of seventy-five or eighty yards between the left of the Tenth and the right of the Eleventh. In this interval of the road four pieces

of artillery (Lieutenant Penick, Lewis's battery) were in position. The Ninth Alabama Regiment was posted in rear of the Tenth Alabama.”

The ground in front of Salem Heights for a considerable space was open; the heights were covered with a thick wood extending right and left several miles. Where our line was formed the wood from front to rear was about two hundred and fifty yards deep. General Wilcox aligned his brigade abreast of the church, in the rear verge of the wood; his skirmishers were in front of the wood, watching the enemy, who was forming near the Toll Gate, a mile distant.

GENERAL BROOKS'S ORDER OF BATTLE

Bartlett's (second) brigade, on the left of the Orange Plank road, in the following formation, viz.: From left to right, Fifth Maine, Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania, One Hundred and Twenty-first New York, Twenty-third

New Jersey, with the Sixteenth New York in rear of Twenty-third New Jersey.

First Brigade (Colonel B. W. Brown), First New Jersey, Third New Jersey, Fifteenth New Jersey, Ninetyfifth Pennsylvania, and One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsylvania on the right of the road.

General Wheaton, of Newton's division, Ninety-third, One Hundred and Second and One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Pennsylvania regiments, on the right of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsylvania.

A field battery near the Toll Gate opened a brisk fire of shell upon our battery in the road near the church, and threw shells to the right and left of the church, endeavoring to reach our infantry in the woods, but no casualties resulted from the explosions of the shells. The enemy's artillery ceased firing about five o'clock P. M.

BATTLE OF SALEM HEIGHTS

About five o'clock, Major-General McLaws arrived from Chancellorsville with four brigades. He posted them as follows: Kershaw on the right of Wilcox, and Wofford on the right of Kershaw; Semmes on the left of the Fourteenth Alabama (Wilcox's brigade), and Mahone on the left of Semmes.

About 5.30 o'clock, "before my command was well in position," says General McLaws, "the enemy advanced, driving our skirmishers and coming forward with loud shouts, endeavoring to force the center (Wilcox) and left center (Semmes), extending the attack somewhat to Mahone's brigade. One of Wilcox's regiments gave way, and, with the skirmishers running back, created a little confusion. But General Wilcox himself soon corrected this."

"When the front line of the enemy

reached the woods," says General Wilcox, "they made a slight halt, then giving three cheers, they came on with a rush, driving our skirmishers rapidly before them. Our men held their fire till their men (the enemy) came within less than eighty yards, and then delivered a close and terrible fire upon them, killing and wounding many and causing many to waver and give way.

"The enemy still pressed on, surrounded the schoolhouse (thirty paces south of the church) and captured an entire company of the Ninth Alabama stationed in it, and pressing hard upon the regiment in rear of the schoolhouse threw it into confusion and disorder." General Wilcox galloped out, rallied his men, and made them lie down. Four Minie balls pierced his uniform and the equipment of his horse while he was thus engaged.

"The Ninth Alabama, in rear of this (the Tenth) regiment, sprang forward