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The Daily Dispatch: May 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
yards in advance of the head of the column, opened upon them with grape and canister, fora time checking their advance and wounding a number of officers and men. The enemy then rallied and repossessed himself of the works from which he had been driven, our forces falling back a short distance during the night. On the same day a portion of the corps of Gen. Jackson gained possession of several fords on the river, in rear of the enemy. On Sunday the battle opened early in the morning Gen. Paxton, of the Stonewall brigade, was killed before a gun had been fired by his command. The line of works regained by the enemy the night previous were a second time assaulted and carried about 8 o'clock. Our columns pushing on, the enemy was driven from his third line of breastworks, in charging which, at some points, our loss was very severe, the troops being exposed not only to a heavy discharge of musketry, but also to a terrible and destructive fire of artillery, from the ridge at Chancel