James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

[212] Fifth, reached Petersburg, swelling the Federal force to over 90,000 men. Late in the afternoon Beauregard's line of defense was assaulted, only a few hours having been occupied in preparing temporary earthworks, hastily constructed, in the absence of intrenching tools, with bayonets and all manner of substitutes. Yet three hours were occupied by the Federal army in efforts to break the Confederate line; assaults were made, repeated, and repulsed time and again, until finally a part of Hancock's corps made a lodgment. The Tennessee brigade (Johnson's), now reduced to less than 600 men, occupied the extreme right of the line, which it held in the several assaults made upon it, the enemy being driven back with heavy loss.

The most notable event of the day was the action of Lieut. F. M. Kelso, Forty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Tennessee. In an official report to General Johnson he stated that ‘Between Batteries 14 and 15 there was a space between the right of the brigade occupied by the Forty-fourth Tennessee and Battery 15 of about 100 yards. Colonel Fulton, Forty-fourth, said this space was to have been filled by other troops. About 5 p. m. the enemy made two charges. The first was repulsed; the second was made bearing upon the extreme right, moving right-oblique. I took seventeen men and occupied the interval between the right of the Forty-fourth and Battery 15, and engaged the enemy, who was rapidly advancing. I deployed my command, covering about 50 yards of the unoccupied space. The enemy continued the advance until within 50 yards of our intrenchments. One of the enemy's colors was shot down six times. There was a ravine about 50 yards distant, in which the force in my front lay down and raised the white flag. I ceased firing and called upon them to surrender. After a few minutes I marched out of the works and received the surrender of 400 to 700 men, and marched them inside of our works. I captured the flags of three regiments. One was the splendid ’