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expressly ordered to be on the alert for the attack which had driven him in on the 31st, and had been directed to concentrate his force in anticipation of it; but he thought it wiser to spread out his corps, and the consequence was that he was beaten in detail.
The general-in-chief was greatly chagrined at this rebuff, especially as he had foreseen the attack and given orders to receive it differently.
Between two and three o'clock, however, Warren made an advance, Miles's division, of the Second corps, supporting him on the right.
The troops pushed on, wading a stream waist-deep, and advanced
New York Appleton 1885.
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