(i)  Johnson's  division  at  Culp's  Hill  made  an  ad-
vance after  dark  and  secured  a  foothold  in  a  line  of
entrenchments  near  the  top  of  the  hill  which  had
been  in  part  left  vacant  by  the  withdrawal  of  the
Union  forces  in  order  to  strengthen  the  imperiled  left
in  the  afternoon.  The  Confederates  held  this  posi-
tion until  eleven  o'clock  Friday  morning,  when,  after
seven  hours  of  fighting,  commencing  at  dawn,  they
were  at  last  driven  back.
(/)  The  final  features  of  the  battle  were  the  can-
nonade, from  one  to  three  on  Friday  afternoon,  July
3d,  intended  to  break  in  the  Union  left  center;  and
the  diarge  of  Pickett's  and  Pettigrew's  divisions
against  Hancock's  line,  a  charge  which  resulted  in
disaster  to  the  Confederate  attacking  force  and  gave
the  victory  to  the  Union  cause.
(k)  At  about  the  time  this  charge  was  made  a
cavalry  action  took  place  between  Stuart's  forces  on
the  one  hand  and  the  Union  horsemen  on  the  other,
two  miles  east  of  Culp's  Hill,  where  Stuart  had  hoped
to  break  through  and  get  into  the  Union  rear  and
bring  panic  and  disaster  to  the  trains.    .The  Con-

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federate  cavalry  were  checkmated  in  their  effort,  and
late  in  the  evening  withdrew  from  the  field.
