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The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
At a quarter past 2 o'clock the rebels opened all their guns posted on the first range of hills.--Their main fire was directed upon the city, which was filled with our troops. Those guns which were posted on the left of the ridge were opened on the large body of troops which crossed on the two lower bridges, and had formed in line of battle and were moving obliquely down the river fronting the Massaponax. Although several of their shells exploded over our troops, none were injured. Gen. Bayard's cavalry, which crossed on the lower bridge, had five men killed while endeavoring to ascertain the position of the enemy. The troops which crossed below are sleeping on their arms to-night, the advance being within three-quarters of a mile of the Massaponax creek, and their left resting on the Rappahannock. Our guns posted on the bank on this side of the river silenced the enemy's artillery after an action of some half hour's duration. This ended the firing for the day.