The fighting would resume on September 20th, with coordinated Confederate attacks on the Union left flank. About an hour later, Union General William Rosecrans, believing a gap exists in his line, orders Brig. Gen. Thomas Wood’s division to fill it. Wood, however, knows that the order is a mistake. Wood immediately moves, creating a division-wide hole in the Union line. As the last of Wood's men were leaving their positions Confederate General James Longstreet masses and launches an attack. Longstreet’s men hammer through the gap that Wood had created, and Union resistance at the southern end of the battlefield breaks apart as Federal troops, including Rosecrans himself, are pushed off the field.
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