...valry was encountered in a strong position behind Ashley's Bayou. Dismounting Merrill's horse, and deploying them in the woods, the rebels were driven back toward their works, and in the mean time General Davidson , with the remainder of the brigade and a section of Stange's howitzers and Hadley's battery of rifled guns, dashed down a road upon the east side of the bayou, which was crossed lower down, and reach...