...g been relieved by Colonel Holtzclaw, with his brigade, I withdrew my command to the road leading down the mountain road in the rear, and there remained till about 11 o'clock, when, under orders from Major-General Cheatham , I moved my command to McFarland's spring, where it passed the remainder of the night. At no time during this prolonged struggle, whose object was to prevent the occupation by the enemy, first, o...