William H. Martin

As Thomas's left assaulting column struck that portion of the southern line, held by the consolidated 1st and 15th Arkansas regiments, the gunfire ignited the underbrush and many wounded Federals faced the terrifying prospect of being burned to death.

In one of the notable acts of the war, Lt. Col. William H. Martin, commanding the Arkansans, jumped from his trenches waving a white handkerchief and shouting to the Northerners to come and get the wounded men.

for a few minutes fighting was suspended along that short stretch of the line and some of martin's soldiers went to assist in moving their helpless enemies away from the flames when the wounded had been removed to safety the two sides resumed hostilities but here too it was clear that the attack would not be able to break johnston's lines at the dead angle some of the attacking northerners remained under the crest of the ridge within a few yards of the confederate trenches there they dug rifle pits of their own and started to burrow under the hill hoping to fill the tunnel with gunpowder and blow up the salient however before this project had progressed very far the southerners abandoned the position and thus rendered the subterranean attack unnecessary While the attacks of McPherson and Thomas were being repulsed, Schofield was gaining a clear success at the extreme right of the Union line.

On the 26th, one of his brigades crossed Ollie's Creek, north of Sandtown Road, and on the following day cleared their opponents from the area, securing a position several miles to the south, which placed the right of their line closer to the Chattahoochee than was the left of Johnston's army.

As Thomas' left assaulting column struck that portion of the Southern line held by the consolidated First and Fifteenth Arkansas regiments, the gunfire ignited the underbrush and many wounded Federals faced the terrifying prospect of being burnt to death.

In one of the notable acts of the war, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Martin, commanding the Arkansans, jumped from his trenches, waving a white handkerchief and shouting to the Northerners to come and get the wounded men.

For a few minutes, fighting was suspended along that short stretch of the line, and some of Martin's soldiers went to assist in moving their helpless enemies away from the flames.

When the wounded had been removed to safety, the two sides resumed hostilities, but here, too, it was clear that the attack would not be able to break Johnston's lines.