CHAPTER VI.
THE BATTLE OF THE THIRD DAY--JOHNSON'S DIVISION DRIVEN OUT.
At dawn on the 3d the enemy opened on us with artillery, but the firing had no definite purpose, and after some hours it gradually slackened.
The principal interest early in the day necessarily centred on the right, where Johnson's position not only endangered the safety of the army, but compromised our retreat.

It was therefore essential to drive him out as soon as possible.

To this end batteries were established during the night on all the prominent points in that vicinity.

Geary had returned with his division about midnight, and was not a little astonished to find the rebels established in the works he had left.

He determined to contest possession with them at daylight.