The Southern generals, eager, alert and full of success, pushed in all their troops.

The surprised Northern army was giving away at all points, except where Sherman stood.

Hardee, continuing his rush, broke the Northern line asunder, and his brigades, wrapping themselves around Sherman, strove to destroy him.
Although he saw his lines crumbling away before him, Sherman never flinched.

The ravine in front of him and rough ground on one side defended him to a certain extent.

The men fired their rifles as fast as they could load and reload, and the cannon on their flanks never ceased to pour shot and shell into the ranks of their opponents.