Saturday, December 13, 1862     Weather: Morning fog

Sunken Road"They were repulsed with zeal and driven back with much loss on every occasion." [9]

-- Maj. General Lafayette McLaws, CSA.

"Six times did the enemy, notwithstanding the havoc caused by our batteries, press on with great determination to within 100 yards of the foot of the hill, but here encountering the deadly fire of our infantry, his columns were broken and fled in confusion to the town. ...the last [assault] occurred shortly before dark. This effort met the fate of those that preceded it, and, when night closed in, the shattered masses of the enemy had disappeared in the town, leaving the field covered with dead and wounded." [11]

-- General Robert E. Lee, CSA

"I gave my life up. The nervous strain was simply awful. The atmosphere seemed surcharged with the most startling and frightful things. Death, wounds, and appalling destruction everywhere."
 
-- Lt. Frederick L. Hitchcock, 132nd PA Infantry.