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we were not actively engaged. The
most melancholly sight that greet-
-ed my eyes. That demonstrated so
clearly the horrors of a civil war, was
the ground over which the 4th & 5th
Florida had charged. It had once
been an almost impregnable forest,
the Yanks occupying the positions that
filled all the trees, in such a manner
that they were twined & inter twined
with one another, had placed
strong batteries in their rear
supposedly by a heavy force of
Infantry. The Floridians were or-
-dered to charge & carry the posi-
-tion, and like men animated
by true and patriotic impulses
they moved forward. Thick &
fast did the missles of death