Civil War Skirmish Part Two

ABOVE: Rebel units advance under fire, and the defending Union forces fall back, pressed on two sides as the original Confederate forces return for a second try at victory.  BELOW: Union troops pour fire on the advancing enemy as they close in on two sides.

ABOVE: The Union artillery is captured and the infantry line begins to waver in face of a determined attack.  BELOW: The Union forces surrender as their position is overrun - note the reversed butt position, a signal of surrender.

Below: A helpful sergeant of the 1st Arkansas gives me a talk-through on the intricancies of loading the Enfield rifled musket.

With thanks to both SOSKAN and the ACWS, the two American Civil War re-enactment societies who took part in the action and who kindly stopped to talk to me before and after the skirmish.

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