Hood's Attack

After Fitz John Porter's troop had repulsed Confederate attacks throughout the afternoon, Lee turned to John Bell Hood as daylight waned to spearhead the final assault. Personally leading the 4th Texas and the 18th Georgia, General Hood instructed his men not to fire until they crossed Boatswain's Creek. They plunged into the creek and shattered Porter's lines. Charging up the steep bank, Hood's men broke the Federal line here, while other Confederates elsewhere along the creek carried the hill simultaneously.

Virginia · United States