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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 23: summer of 1864. (search)
e had been sprung under one of the salients on our lines and not far from the centre of the defences. Orders were sent to Gen. Mahone to cover the threatened point, and that officer moved promptly with his own Virginia brigade, and instructed Saunders' Alabama and Wright's Georgia brigades to follow. On reaching the ground twelve Federal flags were seen waving from that part of our line which had been carried in the explosion, and the whole place swarmed with Federal troops, white and black. forward, drove the Federals up to and over the breastworks, from the top of which they delivered a plunging fire that completed the confusion of the enemy. But the bloody work was not done. Only a part of the lost line had been recovered. Saunders' brigade was ordered up to retake the remaining lines; and, after a splendid charge, every inch of lost ground was regained. The enemy, says a writer from the scene, made but slight resistance to this charge. The chasm caused by the enemy's