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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.26 (search)
, while Nelson's and Braxton's Battalions, under Colonel T. H. Carter, their guns double-shotted with canister, ripped broad gaps through their lines when they had got close enough almost to feel the hot breath of the tongues of flame upon their cheeks. Zzzvictory for a time—retreat. At midday a splendid victory had been gained; but alas! that brave and accomplished officer, Major-General Rodes, had fallen; the gallant General Godwin, of Ramseur's Division, had also been slain, and General York, of Gordon's Division, with hundreds of others of brave men, lay stricken. At 2 o'clock Breckinridge, with his division and King's and McLaughlin's Artillery, had arrived, and Sheridan was preparing another assault. He had intended to send Crook to cut off Early's retreat southward by the Valley 'pike, but Lomax there had so checked Wilson's progress, and Early had now given him so rough a handling, that he determined to concentrate his three corps on Early's left, while Averill and Me