Lee’s army constructed a famous “inverted V” position along the North Anna River, with trenches extending on one side to the Little River and on the other anchored on a bend in the North Anna below Hanover Junction. This area was held by Brigadier General Ambrose “Rans” Wright’s Georgia brigade, which assisted in repelling Ledlie’s brigade on the evening of May 24. The 2nd Georgia Infantry Battalion of Wright’s brigade held back the left flank of the Union line until Colonel Harris’ 12th Mississippi Infantry crushed the Union center. Confederate soldier E. A. Shiver of Company C, 2d Battalion Georgia Volunteers, recalled a tremendous volley to the left, followed by the Rebel yell, signaling that the Mississippians had struck the Union troops and driven them back.
