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. It do n't matter much about formation . The main thing 's to stand and shoot . The rebels have been charging us all after noon , but we have whipped them back every time . `` You can see our work out there -LRB- pointing to the slope in front , which was literally covered with dead and wounded -RRB- . I 've thought every time that they could n't stand another such a slaughter , but they 've rallied in those woods there and come out again with their infernal yell , just as before . The last time it seemed to me that we just swept them off the face of the earth , and I do n't see how in God 's name they can stand any more of that sort of thing .