Battle by Fayetteville.
Today as well, we did not make direct contact. In the morning we and several other brigades took positions near Foxville? under the lead of Siegel. The Enemy could not be enticed, or perhaps had left. At noon we returned from there and marched past Fayetteville Station where our kitchen from the companies had remained in order to cook meat, since for several days now we have been restricted to coffee and crackers in addition to fruit etc. that was supplied by the military road. We march over a hill within shooting range past the enemy battery. As soon as we had reached the top, the cannons (about four) which all along were exchanging fire with our batteries turned on us and our Company C received shortly after climbing the hill a pointed bomb which fell about seven paces from us. The bomb was a mild shot, which we saw and heard approaching in its broad side curving through the air and since it did not hit the ground with its point, "lucky for us," did not explode. It rolled up to our flank without doing any damage. Other bombs and cannonballs which now were fired fast, one after another traveled far above our heads and lost themselves in the right direction of the forest where several exploded while others burst in the air. After about ten rounds of shooting Company C was already over the hill (double quick) without casualties and took cover in the forest. Soon the rest of the regiment were across and we remained there in division - collonade (sic) for about another ten minutes while the bombs flew above and past us. We now were directly behind the hill on which our batteries were located, consequently could not very well be protected there. After this the enemy battery turned towards right direction where we follow and we moved our battery on a different hill by Sulphur Springs (?) behind which the brigade camped for cover for about one hour, whereupon the enemy fire stopped and from here too departed and left the countryroad (sic) to Warrenton free for us. (about five miles). This is where we marched to in the afternoon, with many interruptions.
While part of the armycorps (sic) went to Warrenton we, our division, took a sideroad left, in the directon of Waterloo where we with beginning darkness, arrive. The weather was cool almost the entire day. The hilly countryside was the most gorgeous that one can imagine. We rest in an oakforest, very pleasant by innumerable watchfires, after we first had cooked coffee for ourselves.
During our march six to eight Rebel prisoners.
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