John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion

[241] took post near Anderson's Mills on the Ny.¹ Here orders were received to be in readiness to march at dark towards Bowling Green; and it was while preparations were making for this movement that the corps was called upon to aid in checking a bold dash against our right flank. Gen. Ewell, who was undoubtedly still smarting at Hancock's sudden swoop upon him on the 12th, wishing to redeem himself, had passed around our right undiscovered, as it had been drawn in somewhat preparatory to the contemplated move, had seized the Fredericksburg road, and was possessing himself of an ammunition and subsistence train that was on the way to the army, when Gen. Tyler and his division of artillerymen,² who were holding this flank, assailed him and drove him into the woods. Their own loss was heavy, for raw troops never fight to the best advantage to themselves, but, nevertheless, they displayed great pluck and audacity. Troops coming up from the Second, Fifth, and Sixth corps charged through the woods, at 3 o'clock the following morning, striking the rear of Ewell's column and capturing about four hundred prisoners, besides picking up many dead and wounded. It was a bold move for the Rebels, but evidently not a profitable one.

During this week, when on our way to take position at some point in the line, orders came to turn in two of our guns. The fact that all the batteries were to be thus reduced mollified our feelings somewhat.