. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . my position. My divisionnow to feel the weight of Pillows hand;liey should fail, the fortunes of the daylid depend upon the veteran Smith,k^hen (ieneral McClernand perceived the1 threatening him in the morning, he sentjfficer to me with a request for request I referred to General Grant, who at the time in consultation with the turning of Oglesbys flank, Mc-nand repeated his request, with such aesentation of the situation that, assumingresponsibility, I ordered Colonel Cruft tobrt with his brigade to McClernand. Cruftjou
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . my position. My divisionnow to feel the weight of Pillows hand;liey should fail, the fortunes of the daylid depend upon the veteran Smith,k^hen (ieneral McClernand perceived the1 threatening him in the morning, he sentjfficer to me with a request for request I referred to General Grant, who at the time in consultation with the turning of Oglesbys flank, Mc-nand repeated his request, with such aesentation of the situation that, assumingresponsibility, I ordered Colonel Cruft tobrt with his brigade to McClernand. Cruftjout promptly. Unfortunately a guide mis-cted him, so that he became involved inretreat, and was prevented from accom-ling his object. was in the rear of my single remaining;ade, in conversation with Captain Rawlins,Lirants staff, when a great shouting wasrd behind me on the Wynns Ferry road,reupon I sent an orderly to ascertain these. The man reported the road and woodsof soldiers apparently in rout. An ofiicerI rode by at full speed, shouting, Alls. i<^f^V = ^ ROWLETTS mill, on the EDDYVILLE road at HICKMAN S CREEK. lost! Save yourselves ! A hurried consulta-tion was had with Rawlins, at the end of whichthe brigade was put in motion toward theenemys works, on the very road by whichBuckner was pursuing under Pillows mis-chievous order. It happened also that ColonelW. H. L. Wallace had dropped into the sameroad with such of his command as stayed bytheir colors. He came up riding and at awalk, his leg over the horn of his saddle. Hewas perfectly cool, and looked like a farmerfrom a hard days plowing. Good-morning, I said. Good-morning, was the reply. Are they pursuing you ? Yes. How far are they behind ? That instant the head of my command aji-peared on the road. The colonel calculated,then answered: You will have about time to form line ofbattle right here. Thank you. Good-day. Good-day. At that jjoint the road began to dip intothe gorge; on the right and left there werewoods,
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