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worked carefully until the ammunition was exhausted, when I first ordered Captain Moore and then Lieutenant Landry to retire; this, however, was but a short time before the enemy withdrew.
The casualties in my command were but slight in this battle.
Captain Moore had four men wounded and two horses killed.
Lieutenant Landry had one man wounded and two horses killed.
From the reports of Captain Moore and Lieutenant Landry, I believe that the abandonment of the pieces and caissons of their batteries was unavoidable.
The led-horses ordered to be turned over to them by General Imboden were too much broken down to be of any service, and the wagons were loaded with wounded men.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Charles Richardson, Major of Battalion. To Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Garnett, Commanding Battalion Light Artillery.
