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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 85 (search)
, General Ewell was directed to move from his position at an early hour, on the morning of the ninth, toward Port Republic, leaving General Trimble with his brigade, supported by Colonel Patton with the Forty-second Virginia infantry and the First battalion of Virginia regulars, to hold Fremont in check, with instructions if hard pressed to retire across the North-River, and burn the bridge in their rear. Soon after ten o'clock, General Trimble with the last of our forces had crossed the North River, and the bridge was destroyed. In the mean time, before five in the morning, General Winder's brigade was in Port Republic, and having crossed the south fork by a temporary wagon bridge, placed there for the purpose, was moving down the river road to attack the forces of General Shields. Advancing a mile and a half, he encountered the Federal pickets and drove them in. The enemy had judiciously selected his position for defence. Upon a rising ground near the Lewis House, he had plan