. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . rts at Wilcoxs wharf, for City Point) toproceed at once to the aid of Butler. These troops arrived intime, but were halted at some distance from the advance torest; and before they could come up in support, the enemy,with clear vision and vigorous attack, had forced Butlerstroops back from the works they had captured, had reoccupiedthem, and had strengthened then1 lines permanently at thatpoint. THE NEW ASSAULT ON PETERSBURG. Warren, it has been said, had come up during the nightof the 16th, and taken post on the left of Burnside, thus ex-tendi
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . rts at Wilcoxs wharf, for City Point) toproceed at once to the aid of Butler. These troops arrived intime, but were halted at some distance from the advance torest; and before they could come up in support, the enemy,with clear vision and vigorous attack, had forced Butlerstroops back from the works they had captured, had reoccupiedthem, and had strengthened then1 lines permanently at thatpoint. THE NEW ASSAULT ON PETERSBURG. Warren, it has been said, had come up during the nightof the 16th, and taken post on the left of Burnside, thus ex-tending our hues further around the place. During the17th, our line was strongly posted, firmly adjusted, and gradu-ally moved up towards the enemy. Grant had now deter-mined on a general assault the next day. The corps werethus disposed from right to left: That portion of the Eigh-teenth Corps which had remained under Martindale andHincks occupied the right, extending to within a short dis-tance of the river-bank ; Neills division, of the Sixth, oc-. 352 GRANT AND HIS CAMPAIGNS. cupied the right centre ; the centre was formed by the Sec-ond Corps ; the left centre by the Ninth ; and the left by theFifth Corps. At four oclock on the morning of the 18th June, the skir-mishers moved forward along the whole line; but to their aston-ishment found the enemy withdrawn from their second line,and strongly intrenched on an interior line, one mile nearerthe city. Although Grant still determined to assault without delay,it was necessary to make a change in the order of of an attack in line, points were to be chosen whichmight be attacked in column—the columns to be followed bythe lines in rear as reserves. In front of the Second Corps,three brigades of Gibbons division were organized into anattacking column. These devoted men moved gallantly up tothe enemys lines, near the City Point Railroad; but successwas not possible. The rebel works on the left poured in aterrible enfilad
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