Bragg attempted to continue the assault Attack with the division of Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge , but the troops were slow in arriving Arriving and their multiple piecemeal attacks Attack failed .

Fighting Hostile_encounter resumed on January 2 , 1863 , when Bragg ordered Arranging Breckinridge to assault Attack the well-fortified Cause_change_of_strength Union position on a hill to the east of the Stones River .