I asked the former to support our left flank, and the latter our right flank.

The next morning early, Morgan L.Smith's brigade was deployed under cover on the left, and Denver's on the right, ready to move forward rapidly at a signal.

I had a battery of four twenty-pound Parrott guns, commanded by Captain Silversparre.

Colonel Ezra Taylor, chief of artillery, had two of these guns moved up silently by hand behind a small knoll, from the crest of which the enemy's block-house and position could be distinctly seen; when all were ready, these guns were moved to the crest, and several quick rounds were fired at the house, followed after an interval by a single gum.

This was the signal agreed on, and the troops responded beautifully, crossed the field in line of battle, preceded by their skirmishers who carried the position in good style, and pursued the enemy for half a mile beyond.
The main line halted on the crest of the ridge, from which we could look over the parapets of the rebel works at Corinth, and hear their drum and bugle calls.