On May 19, the Union Army under command of Maj Gen. U. S. Grant, composed of three divisions of the 13th, the 15th, and the 17th Corps, attacked the Confederate line defended by the army of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, composed of Stevenson’s, Forney’s, Smith's, and Bowen’s Divisions, and Waul’s Texas Legion. The 15th Corps was on the right, the 17th in the center, and the 13th on the left of the Union line, while Stevenson’s Division held the right, Forney’s the center, and Smith's the left of the Confederate line, with Bowen's Division and Waul’s Texas Legion in reserve. Cockrell's brigade of Bowen’s Division was engaged when the Union Army advanced at 2 p m.; at most points along its line, only a reconnaissance in force was accomplished. Blair’s Division of the 15th Corps, however, assaulted the stockade redan on the Graveyard Road and carried the colors of some of its regiments close to both faces of that work and to the curtain immediately west of it. Union casualties were 157 killed, 777 wounded, and 8 missing, for a total of 942, including fifteen officers killed or mortally wounded; Confederate casualties were not fully reported.
