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Assaults of the fourth day.

Grant had ordered Meade to assault along the whole front at daylight of the 18th, but when the Federal skirmishers moved forward at that hour, it was found that the line so stoutly defended the evening before, had been abandoned by the Confederates. This necessitated fresh dispositions, and Meade, having reconnoitred his front, now determined upon assault in column against certain selected points instead of a general attack in line, as originally intended.1

At 8 1/2 A. M. Kershaw's division moved into position on right of the Confederate line, and at 9 o'clock


1 Grant and His Campaigns, p. 352. Meade's Report of Campaign of 1864.

Richmond, VA. 1876.

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