Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the warStephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the war
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
While the contest was progressing so gloriously on the left, Polk and
Cheatham, with a powerful force, fell upon Palmer and Van Cleve, and
upon Reynolds’ right. The assault was made with such suddenness and
effect that Palmer’s division was staggered, and Van Cleve’s completely
shattered. Prisoners and artillery fell into the hands of the exultant
foe, and he was driving everything before him, when General Davis’
division came upon him and restored the fortunes of the day. But the
chosen legions of the enemy, and all his available forces, were massed
in this quarter, and the unparalleled obstinacy of Davis’s men would
have proved unequal to the occasion, had not Brannan’s division arrived
on the scene just in time to defeat Cheatham’s efforts to turn Reynolds’
right and rear. General Negley had been ordered to afford succor, and
responded readily to the summons. The gallant Wilder was however the
first to scatter the enemy in terror before him, but they rallied, and
forced him slowly back. General Sheridan now joined in the wavering
struggle and led Colonel Bradley’s noble brigade into the midst of it.
The rebels opened, from some timber near his flank, an enfilading fire,
which rained death into his ranks and compelled him to give way. But
Wood and Negley, who had been busied hitherto, repelling feigned
attacks, came at last to the rescue, and the tide was stayed. The
scattered troops reorganized, and lately broken brigades resumed their
places. A weltering fire now blazed along the whole Union front, with
such terrible effect that the rebels shrank from it. The Union centre
was restored to its integrity, and victory, was snatched from the grasp
of the foe.
SECOND DAY’S BATTLE.
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