Col. Daniel McCook, Jr., a former law partner of Sherman's
before the Civil War, saw the adverse odds facing his troops and
recited an ancient Greek poem, Horatius' Speech, to his men
before the attack. Leading a 1800-man brigade up the slope to
the Confederate earthworks, "Colonel Dan," as his men called
him, fell mortally wounded near this spot. Carried to the rear,
he was returned home to Steubenville, Ohio, where he died on
July 17, 1864, the day after being promoted to brigadier general