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guns on an eminence just above the bridge, which they
which they withdrew across it soon enough to prevent their
capture at the time. In the pursuit one of them
was taken by the Cavalry, near Winchester, abandoned by
them on a false alarm, & finally retaken & brought off
by two Cavalry men, who fastened a yoke of oxen taken
from a plough, to it, & brought it off safely.
Had Gen Jackson followed his original plan of going
down both roads at once we would probably have taken
the whole of the enemy. As it was, not many escaped.
After getting beyond the reach of our Infantry, our
Cavalry still pursued the enemy, & in a charge made
on them, (the Cavalry charging by fours) nineteen
out of the twenty seven of the leading company, the
Rappahannock Cavy, 5th Regt, were killed & wounded.
Nearly all this portion of the enemy, were captured neverthe-
less. In this charge Major Davis C.S. to Taylor's Brigade
& a very fine officer was killed, he having joined
it by way of a [?]. The poor fellow was intoxicated
for the first time since entering the service.
No other troops of my Division were engaged worth men-
tioning, except two or three companies of Ashby's Cavy.
The 2nd & 6th Cavy were the ones engaged in the
above charge. Capt Sheets & another Capt of Ashby's
