...iary on the morning of the 7th of May I wrote an account of this action, from which I take the following extracts: About ten o'clock our brigade went into action on the enemy's left flank, and Lieutenant Patterson was told by Dr. Pryor this morning that General Longstreet told him that the brigade behaved very well, and the Twelfth regiment most gallantly. We drove the enemy beautifully for a half mile or ...