After the Confederate breakout attempt, Grant ordered Gen. C.F. Smith to attack the far right flank of the Southern lines. Smith's troops, facing a weakened Confederate position due to the shifting of Buckner's division to support the breakout attempt, drove the 30th Tennessee back to this ridge. The regiment held this position until reinforced by Buckner's troops and the fort's garrison. Although the southerners still held the ridge, Smith retained a solid hold on the Confederate right flank.