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On this ridge, the Union brigade of Brig. Gen. William Hays, supported by artillery, temporarily stopped the Confederate advance across the ground below. A member of the 12th New Jersey recalled that the brigade stood in open sight without earthworks or protection except a few trees, until a break to the rear of the regiment on its right opened a vast hole in the line. Through that gap, Confederate troops, unseen, reached the brigade's flank and rear and rolled up its line endways. Hays and all but one member of his staff were captured, and the rest of the command retreated to the next ridge.
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