Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4.
Henry Coppee , LL.D., Ed.

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[267] reinforce it. This aggressive movement should have put the Confederates on the lookout. They took no notice of it, however, and when Wood's division, getting in motion at the tap of the drum and the sound of the fife, advances in perfect order preceded by a swarm of skirmishers, the Confederates are as much surprised as if these forces had suddenly burst upon them. The time has past for Bragg to aid Anderson's soldiers and accept battle on this first line, without which, albeit, he could not maintain the investment of the place.

Willich, leading with much enthusiasm the brigade of which he has just received the command, has already dislodged the enemy's sharpshooters from the woods; Hazen holds the position assigned to him, and both together resolutely attack the intrenchment behind which these sharpshooters have rejoined their reserves. In an instant the Confederates are dislodged. Willich pursues them up the slopes, does not allow them to re-form on the crest of Indian Hill, and vigorously throws them on the opposite declivity of the knob, which they descend in great haste to reach the line of works constructed at the foot of Missionary Ridge. Hazen has encountered a more serious resistance. General Manigault, commander of a brigade belonging to Anderson's division, has posted his reserves behind the intrenchments which crown the ridge on the south-west of Indian Hill. The country being open, they have seen from a distance the approach of the Federals and greet them with a well-sustained fire. The ranks in Hazen's first line are thinned and come to a halt, but at the sound of his voice they close up and spring upon the enemy, whom they rout after a short fight. The Southerners defend themselves with desperation, but are crushed by numbers and surrounded; the Twenty-eighth Alabama, with its colors, falls into the hands of Hazen, whose losses amount to nearly one hundred and fifty men. Willich's losses are insignificant.

The unexpected attack made by the Federals under the eyes of both armies has succeeded beyond their expectations. They are masters of a position easy of defence, and which is indispensable to them for future operations. They have taken possession of it without great effort; however, the long lines of gray coats which garnish Missionary Ridge forbid the suspicion of a retreat on the