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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
e had occupied with his artillery at first, and for a while indicating, by their movements, the purpose of a descent upon our ambulance corps and details then employed on the field; the one in their legitimate duties, and the other in collecting scattered arms and accoutrements. The small body of troops now remaining upon the field, and under my command, were of my own brigade, exclusive, and with but few exceptions, of the Twelfth Virginia, the exertions and gallantry of whose Colonel, D. A. Weisiger, in conducting the operations of his regiment, merit high commendation. With these, I continued to hold the ground which we had occupied during the night, mainly with the view of protecting our details from any onslaught by the enemy's cavalry, employing details from my own limited force to care for the wounded, and to gather up the scattered arms and accoutrements in my immediate vicinity. This work completed, and the enemy's cavalry having withdrawn, and other bodies of our own troop