It seemed to their bloodshot eyes that the whole Southern army was bearing down upon them.

The Southern generals, skillful and daring, were resolved to break through the Northern left, and the attack attained all the violence of a convulsion.
The great Southern line, blazing with fire and steel, advanced, never stopping for a moment, while the fire of their cannon beat incessantly upon the devoted brigades.

It was well for the Northern army, well for the Union that here was the Rock of Chickamauga.

Amid all the terrible uproar and the yet more terrible danger, Thomas never lost his courage and presence of mind for a moment.

Dick saw him more than once, and he knew how he doubly and triply earned the famous name which that day and the next were to give him.
But the weight was so tremendous that they began to give ground.