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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
s were in ambush, to the right of the road. Their fire was unexpected, but it was warmly returned, when they broke cover, and scattering, were pursued desultorily by the advance of the column, and a number of them killed.—Ed. We fell back a few hundred yards to a branch near a saw-mill, and about night a slight snow, two or three inches deep, fell. We used the planks lying about the saw-mill to shelter us, as we had no tents, and spent a most uncomfortable night. The next day (the 4th of January) the ground was covered with snow, and the cold was intense. We resumed our march on the road toward Bath, and crept along, freezing as we crept, pretty nearly all day. When we got to within half a mile of Bath, it was nearly sunset, when there were indications of a stir in our front. Presently we heard rapid firing (but not in volleys), and then shouts, and soon came the order to advance quickly. The men mounted the carriages, and we dashed forward at a trot into the village. In the