. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . ion before noon. The mist aided his movements,by concealing their numbers from the enemy. Grant hadprovided for any attack that might be made upon Shermanwhile crossing, by having forty or more of his heaviestcannon trained so as to protect the landing. But Bragg wasso much confused by the fight with Hooker at his left, thathe did not perceive the threatening movement on his rightuntil it was too late to prevent it. Sherman drew his line of battle out al
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . ion before noon. The mist aided his movements,by concealing their numbers from the enemy. Grant hadprovided for any attack that might be made upon Shermanwhile crossing, by having forty or more of his heaviestcannon trained so as to protect the landing. But Bragg wasso much confused by the fight with Hooker at his left, thathe did not perceive the threatening movement on his rightuntil it was too late to prevent it. Sherman drew his line of battle out almost perpendicularto the ridge he was about to attack, with his left resting onSouth Chickamauga creek, his center drawn across theridge, and its right sweeping its western face, and connect-ing with Thomas in the plain below. Howard commandedhis right. In this order his troops swept up the face of theridge, and seized the summit of a hill somewhat detachedfrom the remainder of the ridge. He met but little resist-ance, and by the middle of the afternoon had fortified thecrest of the hill; while Bragg, wild with consternation, hur- 24». GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. CLOSE OF THE SECOND DAY. 247 ried regiment after regiment to the brow of the crest oppo-site, and threw up breastworks to the right and left of it. Had Sherman continued to press forward, as Grant de-signed, he might have completed the victory on this his troops were tired and somewhat disordered, and hewas not fully acquainted with the ground. The Confed-erates made several fierce assaults, striving to regain theirlost ground and to cover the new lines of defence in courseof erection, and Sherman thought it best to thoroughlyfortify where he was. He could not be driven from thisposition. The second days battle closed. The Federalarms were thus far successful. It was a good days work. Grant was satisfied that onthe morrow he could either drive Braggs army in rout fromthe field or capture it entire. His plan ha
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