<sod>Chamberlain placed the [[198th Pennsylvania Infantry|198th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] on the right side of the road to fire on the Confederates as a diversion while he led the [[185th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] across Gravelly Run to attack the Confederate right flank where a hand-to-hand fight developed.<ref name="Chamberlain33"/><ref name="Trulock231">Trulock, 1992, p. 231.</ref> Both Union regiments were oversize for that time period with about 1,000 officers and men.<ref>Calkins, Chris. ''The Appomattox Campaign, March 29 &ndash; April 9, 1865''. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, 1997. ISBN 978-0-938-28954-8. p. 20.</ref> The rest of Chamberlain's brigade crossed the stream following the New Yorkers' attack. The Confederates retreated to the Lewis farmhouse clearing about {{convert|1|mi|km|}} further north on the Quaker Road.<ref name="Salmon457"/><ref name="Trulock231"/> After a stand near the farmhouse, the Confederates moved back into the woods where they were reinforced by other Confederate soldiers behind breastworks.<ref name="Chamberlain33"/> Here, the Confederates drove back the advancing Union skirmishers but not without losing about 100 men as prisoners.<ref>Trulock, 1992, pp. 231, 234.</ref> Chamberlain brought the rest of his men forward and the Confederates who had moved out to meet the skirmishers again returned to their works.<ref name="Trulock231"/><ref>Calkins, 1997, p. 20&ndash;21.</ref><ref name="Chamberlain34">Chamberlain, 1915, p. 34.</ref><eod>
<sod>Chamberlain placed the [[198th Pennsylvania Infantry|198th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] on the right side of the road to fire on the Confederates as a diversion while he led the [[185th New York Volunteer Infantry]] across Gravelly Run to attack the Confederate right flank where a hand-to-hand fight developed.<ref name="Chamberlain33"/><ref name="Trulock231">Trulock, 1992, p. 231.</ref> Both Union regiments were oversize for that time period with about 1,000 officers and men.<ref>Calkins, Chris. ''The Appomattox Campaign, March 29 &ndash; April 9, 1865''. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, 1997. ISBN 978-0-938-28954-8. p. 20.</ref> The rest of Chamberlain's brigade crossed the stream following the New Yorkers' attack. The Confederates retreated to the Lewis farmhouse clearing about {{convert|1|mi|km|}} further north on the Quaker Road.<ref name="Salmon457"/><ref name="Trulock231"/> After a stand near the farmhouse, the Confederates moved back into the woods where they were reinforced by other Confederate soldiers behind breastworks.<ref name="Chamberlain33"/> Here, the Confederates drove back the advancing Union skirmishers but not without losing about 100 men as prisoners.<ref>Trulock, 1992, pp. 231, 234.</ref> Chamberlain brought the rest of his men forward and the Confederates who had moved out to meet the skirmishers again returned to their works.<ref name="Trulock231"/><ref>Calkins, 1997, p. 20&ndash;21.</ref><ref name="Chamberlain34">Chamberlain, 1915, p. 34.</ref><eod>