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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 88 (search)
were advantageously posted, under my immediate direction, beyond. For some reason the army did not follow, and our small force of cavalry and this section of artillery sustained an unequal contest for a greater part of the day with artillery, infantry, and cavalry, during which a brilliant charge, as foragers, was made by Colonel Rosser's cavalry, dispersing, capturing, and killing a number of the enemy, but losing one captured, whose bravery and heroism led him too far. I refer to Captain John Ells, Fifth Virginia cavalry. The daring of Colonel Rosser's command excited the unreserved praise of the enemy. Late in the afternoon, as it appeared that a crossing of the main body would not be attempted by us, I deemed a prolongation of this resistance objectless, which reason was rendered stronger by the fact that Brigadier-General Robertson, whose brigade had, by my direction, crossed above; and penetrated toward the immediate front, reported the enemy moving with heavy force upon