. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET. resolved, if possible, to recover the lost lineof works ; and, with this end in view, he wasputting forth the most Herculean efforts, andbringing his entire strength to bear on theone point. It was now six oclock—one hourand a half since the first onset. Hancoc!; 746 THE CIVIL WAR. was still holding his position ; but relief wassorely needed. At this opportune moment, when mostneeded, relief came. Wright, who had beenhurried forward
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. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET. resolved, if possible, to recover the lost lineof works ; and, with this end in view, he wasputting forth the most Herculean efforts, andbringing his entire strength to bear on theone point. It was now six oclock—one hourand a half since the first onset. Hancoc!; 746 THE CIVIL WAR. was still holding his position ; but relief wassorely needed. At this opportune moment, when mostneeded, relief came. Wright, who had beenhurried forward with his Sixth corps, arrivedon the ground, and took position on theright of the salient. Hancock, thus relieved, concentrated his troops on the left of theangle. A little later, about eight oclock, and with a view to relieve the pressure onHancock and Wright, Burnside and Warrenwere ordered to attack along their wholefronts. The battle now raged furiously atevery point. No evidence was given thatLee had changed his purpose. The last line. THE PLACE WHERE SEDGWICK WAS KILLED. at the salient was still the object of his ambi-tion. On Hancock and Wright he dealt hisheaviest and most terrific blows. Again andagain, and in rapid succession, he rolledagainst them his heavy masses. He seemedresolved to dislodge them. Seeing this, and becoming convinced thatBurnside and Warren were producing noimpression on their respective fronts. Grantdetached two divisions from the Fifth corps—those of Cutler and Griffin—and sent themto the aid of the Second and Sixth corps atthe angle which was still regarded as theprize of battle, and where was the focus ofthe fight. Five times did Lee hurl his heavycolumns against the National lines entrusted with the defense of this position. Five times, after severe hand-to-hand fighting, in whichthe slaughter on both sides was dreadful, were the attacking columns repulsed. Itwas not until after midnight that Lee with-drew his shattered and bleeding lines an