Those People Stand No Chance

From this dominating position, Confederates of Major General Robert Hoke’s Division easily repulsed part of the famous June 3 assault. For the South Carolinians holding this line, the battle ended before they knew a serious charge had been made. Confederate officer Johnson Hagood, situated near the center of the line where this murderous repulse was given and awake and vigilant to the progress of events, said he was not aware at any time that any serious assault had been made. By the summer of 1864, construction of earthen defenses had become a refined science, and this well preserved section of fortifications lacks only the header log through which soldiers fired.

Mechanicsville, Virginia · United States