of his line, the Twenty-fourth North Carolina stood. General Ransom was in charge of a North Carolina division of eight regiments, and this was assigned place behind McLaws on the reserve line, and immediately behind the crest of Marye’s and Willis hills. The immediate care of this important point was committed to General Ransom. The eight regiments of this division formed two brigades, one Ransom’s own, the other Cooke’s. To Ransom’s right was Pickett, and then Hood holding Longstreet’s right. In Hood’s division there were three North Carolina regiments. Jackson’s troops were massed along the line of the Fredericksburg & Potomac railroad. A. P. Hill held the front line without much cover. Pender’s North Carolina brigade, Lane’s North Carolina brigade, and Archer s mixed brigade were on A. P. Hill’s front line. They were supported by the brigades of Thomas, Gregg and Brockenbrough, respectively. Taliaferro and Early formed a third line, and D. H. Hill’s division was in reserve. Marye s hill was occupied by the Washington artillery; the reserve artillery was on its right and left. The division batteries of Anderson, Ransom and McLaws, including Manly’s North Carolina battery, were stationed along the line. On Jackson’s front, fourteen pieces of artillery, including a section of Latham’s battery, were posted under Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, and Stuart s horse artillery and cavalry were on Jackson s right flank. North Carolina had present in the army thus drawn up, thirty-two regiments and one battalion of infantry, two regiments of cavalry, and three batteries of artillery. Two division commanders and six brigade commanders were also from the same State.
General Burnside arranged to cross the river by pontoon bridges. Franklin’s grand division was not opposed, and his men made the passage near Deep run without difficulty. Sumner’s grand division in front of the town, however, was so harassed by Barksdale’s Missis-
