. The southerners, a story of the Civil War . he put himself at the head of hismen and gave the order to charge. Thomas andGranger rode forward to superintend and observe. Thebullets whistled about them. Steedman was wounded,his horse was shot, and he was pitched forward inthe melee, his two brigadiers went down, but still theshouting soldiers kept on. Down the ravine and upthe hill they poured in an irresistible torrent. For twenty minutes pandemonium reigned. Thepassions of hell were let loose. At the end of thattime the hill was gained, the ravine cleared, and overtwo thousand men in blue a
. The southerners, a story of the Civil War . he put himself at the head of hismen and gave the order to charge. Thomas andGranger rode forward to superintend and observe. Thebullets whistled about them. Steedman was wounded,his horse was shot, and he was pitched forward inthe melee, his two brigadiers went down, but still theshouting soldiers kept on. Down the ravine and upthe hill they poured in an irresistible torrent. For twenty minutes pandemonium reigned. Thepassions of hell were let loose. At the end of thattime the hill was gained, the ravine cleared, and overtwo thousand men in blue and gray lay dead and dyingon its slopes. They had saved the army. The battleall around the circle had not been intermitted a mo-ment during this episode either. And now the am-munition of Thomass men was almost expended. ButGrangers men shared theirs with their comrades, andthere was a slight lull in the conflict again after this re-pulse of the attempt to take the ridge, while both sidesprepared for its renewal. CHAPTER XXIX THE LAST CHARGE. ONGSTREET, keeping up his fire on Llj the hill, sent to Bragg for reinforce-j ments to make another attack, and^ was informed that every available manwas already in the battle-line. Thomass position could not be out-flanked. He must be driven from itby direct assault or not at all. Long-street had one small division. Pres-tons, of Buckners corps, in reservewhich had not yet been heavily en-gaged. At the front of it, to strength-en it, he put Darrows brigade. Hismen had waited their turn with thephilosophy of veterans who knew thatthe day could not pass without theirbeing poured into that smelting furnace of death anddestruction. They had moved forward in the wakeof the grand assaulting column, and were now drawnup just out of range from the hill under the the head of the brigade rode Pleasants with whatv^^s left of his Alabamians. Longstreet called General Preston to him andpomted out the necessity of capturing the hill. Nofewer t
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