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Others, shot through stomach or bowels, or fearfully torn by shells, or with the stumps of amputated limbs not doing well, raved on in delirium or kept up their pitiful moaning. The soldier raised his voice higher, and those leaning on elbows listened with avidity. "Evelington Heights? Where's Evelington Heights?" "Between Westover and Rawling's millpond, near Malvern Hill!" "Malvern Hill!
At 9 A.M. Stuart's cavalry had occupied the Evelington Heights, and, believing that Longstreet was close at hand, had opened fire with a single howitzer on the camps below. The consternation caused by this unlooked-for attack was great.
Eveling Well, the damn Yankees dragged their guns up there, too.... If the beehive's there, then the apple tree's here Grandma, if you'll ask him not to whip me I'll never take them again, and I'll hold your yarn every time you want me to " The ward heard no more about Evelington Heights.
I see it.... Evelington Heights and Stuart dropping shells into the damn Yankees' camp.... They are roses, the old Giants of Battle by the beehive.... Evelington Heights.
I suggested, very humbly, that he had better at least take some food himself. But he was too angry to eat, and repeating his orders, flung himself into the saddle, and galloped off. Jim gave a low whistle, saying: "My stars, but de general is just mad dis time; most like lightnin' strike him!"" July 4. With the engagement on the Evelington Heights the fighting round Richmond came to an end.
We know about Malvern Hill. Malvern Hill was pretty bad. And we heard there'd been a cavalry rumpus Jeb Stuart and Sweeney playing their tricks! We didn't know the name of the place. Evelington Heights! Pretty name." The sergeant-major would not be cheated of Malvern Hill. "'Pretty bad! I should say 'twas pretty bad! Malvern Hill was awful.
The front, facing westward, was flanked from end to end by the fire of the gunboats, and the Evelington Heights, already fortified, and approached by a single road, were stronger ground than even Malvern Hill.
Finally, when they turned at bay on the Evelington Heights, which covered Harrison's Landing, they convinced their pursuers that it would be fatal to attack again; for now Northern sea-power was visibly present in flotillas of gunboats, which made the flanks as hopelessly strong as the front. McClellan therefore remained safely behind his entrenchments, with the navy in support.
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