...ion where it was first seen. General Early was ordered forward, keeping near the Culpeper road, whilst General Ewell, with his two remaining brigades, Trimble's and Hays's, (the latter commanded by Colonel Forno ,) diverged from the road to the right, advancing along the western slope of Slaughter's Mountain. General Early, forming his brigade in line of battle, moved into the open field, and passing a short ...