cedars to our front. Shortly after daylight General Hardee opened

the engagement, just as Sill had predicted, by a fierce attack on

Johnson's division, the extreme right of the Union line. Immediate

success attending this assault, Hardee extended the attack gradually

along in front of Davis, hip movement taking the form of a wheel to

the right, the pivot being nearly opposite the left of my division.

Johnson's division soon gave way, and two of Davis's brigades were

forced to fall back with it, though stubbornly resisting the

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