Private Isaac G. Bradwell, 31st Georgia Infantry:

"Then a grand sight met their eyes. The number of regimental standards floating in the morning air indicated the immense numbers of the advancing enemy. It was a wonderful sight. . . . Colonel Douglass, fearing the result of an attack by so large a force on his weak brigade, ran from regiment to regiment exhorting the men not to fire until the enemy reached the fence and began to get over it--to shoot low and make every bullet count.

"On they came, crashing down the rank growth of corn, while Hardaway's Battery in rear of our line on a little hill mowed them down with grape and canister, and Stuart's light battery enfiladed their ranks. Wide gaps were torn in the blue lines, but they continued to come on until they reached the fence and began to get over it in great disorder. This was the signal for the Confederates to open. The volley made them stagger and hesitate, but the second line came up, and, despite the fire of the Confederates, they came over and advanced slowly, step by step, and finally halted only a few feet in front of the Confederates, where they kept up the fight for a short while and began gradually to fall back to the fence. . . .

"Their ranks were reformed and beaten into shape for a new effort. And then, after some delay, they came into the open field again with their 'huzzas.'. . . There is only a man every ten feet or more to resist the last and greatest effort of the enemy. Heavy reinforcements . . . come forward in such numbers that the few Confederates defending the position are beaten back step by step to the reserve line."