The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1894-12-27

main intronchnlents. Moving south and
then southeast, they formed line at
right angles with Smith, who pushed
his line forward at the angle, carrying
a heavy hill and earthwork and break
ing in the salient Of Hoods line which
turned sharply from a north facing to
a west, the latter protected by stone
wall. Nightfall found the combatants
standing with locked horns. Everything
which Thomas men had attempted had
been carried with a rush, but they saw
plenty to warn them from attempting
too much, and the places stormed or
taken were key points to sections of the
Confederate line. Never more than two
brigades assaulted together. McA1il-
lens, Hubbard's and Hills brigades Of
McArthur's division, Smith s corps and
Coon's dismounted brigade Of cavalry
were the heroes Of the right. They
vaulted the barriers together, mingling
their cheers and dividing the trophies
Of conquest without reckoning which
got there first or struck the harder.
Steedman s white brigade under Colonel
Grosvenor, and Colonel Morgan s color
cd troops did the same on the left, oo-
cupying the attention Of Cheatham's
entire corps throughout the day.
Hood formed a new line during the
night Of the 10Th from half to mile
in rear of the first. His right rested on
Overton's hill, his left on the height
now called shy's hill, with sharp re-
turn south for 80 to 100 rods. There
was every temptation for Thomas to or
der an attack all along the line, but he
was not such a tyro in war. Acting on
the principle that when salients and
bastions are conquered all lying between
must go, too, the blows were concen-
trated. He gave no new orders to his
corps commanders for the second day,
leaving them discretion in carrying out
the orders Of the day before-namely,
to push the enemy. He rode from point
to point, seeing for himself. Wilson's
cavalry continued it's march until it
outfanked Hoods left, held by Cheat
HAMS troops. In order to check Will
son, Cheathan drew men from Shy's
hill in the angle just at the time when
the Union batteries were razing it's
walls. Bates Tennesseoans rushed
down from the right to defend it, but
at that moment Macarthur saw the
chance offered and sent McMillen's s bri-
gade to storm it. Two other Union
brigades followed McMillen, but strong
as they came they had to reckon with
the Twentieth Tennessee before seizing
the prize. That regiment, led by Colo
mel W.. W. Shy, disputed every inch
Of the soil. Shy was killed, and his
men slowly gave ground without q sin
gle reserve to fall back upon. The angle
was broken, and Smith 8 and Schofeld's.
men advanced with comparative ease,
although some of the Confederate re-
doubts only yielded to the logic Of the,
bayonet. Briefly, the whole Confeder-
ate left was crushed in like an eggshell
before the middle of the afternoon
On the Confederate right, at Over
toms hill, the battle was more stub
born. Skirmishers were pushed forward
and the works reconnoitered at close
view. Thomas rode away to the right
without ordering an assault. His mind
was fixed on Wilson's fanking move
ment in rear Of Hoods left. But one of
the brigadiers in the line confronting
Overtun's hill, Colonel Post, thought an
assault on the hill, though costly,
would carry the point. He was permit