the nearest troops are schivnoski's battered regiment. he takes two of them on his own and get them lined up the six bayonets ready to charge. the generals are nowhere to be found. finally he gets an order from howard that somebody has to do something and move forward. these guys charge forward and you are fighting by fire light, by the light of muskets, by a few cannons going off, by fire springing up. schivnoski can barely walk and again he is coughing blood and refusing order after order to lead the field. his ribs are collapsed. he gained barely lift his sword and he leaves his regiments forward into this melee and they are swinging their pockets at the rebels. he manages to hit them at the right time, pushes louisiana tigers down the hill, continues to lead the bayonet charge down the base of the hill so the guns fire over skies after retreating to the confederate. most historians credit the decision on cemetery hill to an indiana regiment of largely native americans who arrive after schivnoski. there was a reluctance to credit the f