This organization, which at one time I had the honor to command, were veterans of the Peninsula, and were among the most dauntless men in the army.
Crawford called upon them to defend the soil of their native State, and headed a charge made by McCandless' brigade, with the colors of one of the regiments in his hand.

The men went forward with an impetus nothing could withstand.

The enemy took shelter behind a stone fence on the hither side of the wheat-field, but McCandless stormed the position, drove them beyond the field, and then, as it was getting dark, both sides rested on their arms.

The other brigade of Crawford's division--that of Fisher--had previously been sent to reinforce Vincent in his desperate struggle on the slope of Little Round Top.

The enemy retired before it, so that it was not engaged, and it then took possession of the main Round Top on the left of Little Round Top and fortified it.
As Crawford charged, two brigades of Sedgwick's corps, those of Nevin and Eustis, formed under Wheaton on the right and below Little Round Top.