... front at a small bridge at the foot of the ridge along which the road we travelled led. The enemy opened on us briskly with a battery. Hastily reconnoitring the position, I ordered Mower's and Matthie 's brigades of Tuttle's division to deploy forward to the right and left of the road, and Buckland's to close up. Waterhouse's and Spoore's batteries were placed on commanding ground and soon silenced...