The letter from Jenkins of the 105th Illinois possibly explains whey the rear three regiments of Ward’s 1st Brigade laid down while partway up the hill during the assault. Jenkins can be read to say that they planned to start laying one regiment down after firing so that the next can fire over their heads. Then he says they did not start firing until close to the battery. Toward the end of the same paragraph: “The way we charged & layed* down we got all mixed up.”
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