, 1880-04-04
able ground TO fight the desperate enemy,
theirinstinct led them to that ground, and

| able kfoun1 fo fight fha desperate enemy,
! theirfnstinct led them to that ground, and
| ther1 Hhey Ta]Ied. =:
| detad6ed ffotfl m spur Of The Mission Ridge,
| that fdund itaelf directly behind the. centre
| of ouf;orIkiIal line of battle Its south end
| abuttkd ,ft}G a gorge. through which
| a gbod mad led to Rossville and Chat
| q spur towards tia enemy. This knoll
| would have been In the centre of the posi-
| ton, If our armv tonk nosftion on the SLOPE OF
the ridge, Nafure made it strong for de-.
tense. and: with but little work 1T could
have been, made impregnable. There the
bravest Of Van Cleve and Brannan's diyis-
ions mixed i'm with Wood's men and Neg
ley's and Reynolds men, without distinction
between regiments and companies, assisted
| by officers WHOM, some OF item never saw
cotnlnands, but the standards Of their COM
| mon cQuntrT. rajlief2 around those standards
aud ocsupiea the ridge, determined to make
a stand ,1o ltght. and, If need be, to die.
was nartta W 1na ertia1,.r % ."at+erod
thrnurh +ha t.; Sattu1Eu, E1ltala.y ~
wit}1oi,t tno MuoaY; Gen; NesltS oeinR IL
might H. *. 3,, ~ e c,.''hY
thToue f1To 81 the ,l as ne could d 10
Rossyile to n1afel. tn9h ahar paeh nv ~
Snortan hand ~ 4,ia ri"Slt KiiltlDn 1 lnefe. Our
AID had to re}v nnsfhe FIT naa3,ho 3,n hannnt c,mU'
Gen. Brannan non1inaliy assaaeI the pscn,. conn
rot disorenni1p3 and xns refhImin mm success, s:
Columns Far the new attacE Htiast Il c,me ~
Tongstreets veterans assajled The riee. ti,sv
were making charge after charge: the roii
Of 1nusketry was terrible and continuous, ,aaat-
Ing at time, then Recommending again wth
greater, fury; the Rebel dead. and dying
assaults, determined and reckless as they
have been, were repulsed by mixed hand
full Of Spartans.
new Rebel division came up to support
hongstreet; Hindman extended the Rebel
LETT and turned the right Of our heroic band;
the assault was renewed yehenlently; the
situation grew desperate. :!
Gen. Granger, with three brigades Of the
reserve division, occupied the Rnggold road,
SSys5a Wa as7 ss no orth a Of the a4 ed Gf bat
nj he sss er%oo Ganser dseded a to arsS GsS
his troops to where the battle was raging,
aud ut p. IN. reported himself to Gen.
the absence Of Gen. Rosecrans. Thomas at
once sent him to support the crowd on the
ridge, Just when Hindman's Rebel division
took possession of the gorge and attacked
man came up with Whitaker's brigade; dis
mounting, and seizing a regl1nental flag,
Steednian rushed at the head Of the brigade
tible sway charged the enemy the musketry
rattle broke ouL again most furiouslY, the
Rebel wave rolled back. the assault was re-
pulsed. Again the gorge and the ridge yyere
In our possession. It was after D. NJ,
REYNOLDS nan 1wo Rn1c ANS
IN the battle, 11,s third hr;eada nndor
Wdsa h{ehg m'ountfd was dstaeed Itnn ard t
rieht Of Palmer IN the centrn ri mr. oripinai
liza rirhtncross tha main T - fovatta and 81 1T.
tam.,ngs, rnaI r. was fnrmaT IT, pcEa1nu. ;f"r.
enin,s hrieoie st,n1 IN the I;na vitl' Pa1,,ar'a
djviefon Eino,s hriea,la y 1ittie hanl in ache.
I'M in the ine With Rranna,,;s divic;nn
When the disaster and ro,,t ~ Tho right wing
came. # carried oimnst thn sv,,nle ~ K;nr'S
hries,de viii, # nmiy az few WIN 6nntrad m % n9s,
,v;TR K,nr and Ha,ynnide ;ofnad Tnroh;n iMI,'
Here Here Vas was then hen @ ths @ bpeaI Of f'u our iine and
:Turchin's right was exposed. The wave
Of fightine went tn tI,e ripht farther
and farther and wav hack to
tha riyht raar' T.,rcr;n hent +he
frnnt If his hrign.ia at a r;nht-ouofa r. the
ina III cther d;y;sinne Tha5a ,vne oo,' ~ ~. NJ
nver n ha1f ,niia 1vi,a hafwaan him oSSti ia e
cro.vd m tha r;dge viii +,a anan.v r tnro1v NV
cna ~ twc 1i,.i9nc intt' th;s t1a1, agd Iri,.a
tha ,yed@e so as r. tata >rhn,nas, n Enn % IN ~ the
raoro hara w uas @ ta nont tEot hann1,a a. notv ouV
+ha TOW =, +6a ho5a @ ~ a',r 1oe;tn ~
1n1 45 ~ ,rr fnal Iostr,ot;o, - ou4 oIJ T. 'o 10
de}5aotaJ ~ h. 4t1o a'e"r on@ eeso;ioI ~, fa-oe
~ eo ~ ~ ia ,na,,Id - auo
haen tao uvo snaIad - 1'oaeo""o "'"s "ou1o ""'0
KIT Proridenca waa nm +ha side of Rfpht