Letter
Jas. A. Hardie to Ambrose E. Burnside, December 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS LEFT GRAND DIVISION,
December 12, 1862.
December 12, 1862—3.15 p. m. General BURNSIDE: Reynolds in position. A jul) in the firing. Enemy have been tiring from batteries in the hills. No harm done. They exhibited twelve guns. On the left enemy’s pickets close by ours. Their pickets on Richmond road. Ground between us and batteries represented impracticable; gullies intervene. Abatis visible.
JAS. A. HARDIE,
Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
P. 8.—A new battery just opened.
P. 8.—A new battery just opened.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: Brigadier General Jas. A. Hardie reports to General Burnside on December 12, 1862, that Reynolds is in position, enemy artillery is active but ineffective, and a new battery has just opened.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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