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On the morning of October 5, 1864, after a two hour bombardment by Major John D. Myrick's Confederate artillery from Moore's Hill 1,200 yards to the south, Confederate Major General Samuel G. French sent his adjutant, Major David W. Sanders, under a flag of truce to demand the surrender of the Federal forces at Allatoona, saying they were surrounded and had five minutes to decide before further bloodshed. The Federals, under Major General John Corse, refused to surrender. After waiting fifteen minutes without a response, Sanders ended the truce and French ordered an immediate assault, with Cockerell's Missouri and Young's Texas Brigades attacking from the west and Sears' Mississippi Brigade attacking from the north.
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