The gun-boats had shelled the woods during the night, and prevented the Rebels from reaching the river on our left.

A creek and ravine prevented their reaching it on the right.
None of the Rebels stood on the bank of the Tennessee River on that occasion, except as prisoners of war.
As they had commenced the attack on the 6th, it was our turn to begin it on the 7th.

A little past daylight we opened fire, and the fresh troops on the left, under General Buell, were put in motion.

The Rebels had driven us on the 6th, so we drove them on the 7th.

By noon of that day we held the ground lost on the day previous.
The camps which the enemy occupied during the night were comparatively uninjured, so confident were the Rebels that our defeat was assured.
It was the arrival of General Buell's army that saved us.