Our cannonade was slow and careful; theirs was rapid, and was made at random.

At the end of two hours of steady, earnest work, we could see that the Rebel line was growing weaker, while our own was still unshaken.

The work of the artillery was winning us the victory.
In the center of the Rebel line was a rocky hill, eighty or a hundred feet in height.

The side which faced us was almost perpendicular, but the slope to the rear was easy of ascent.

On this hill the Rebels had stationed two regiments of infantry and a battery of artillery.