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but retiring.
Soon I was again admonished that my left was seriously threatened, when I ordered the command back fifty or seventy-five yards to meet this contingency.
He was again driven back, and I stretched out my front twice its legitimate length, guarding well my left and advanced to the ledge of rocks from which we had previously been dislodged by the enemy's movement upon my flank.
I experienced some annoyance from the exposure of this flank up to this moment, when Colonel Little, of the Eleventh Georgia regiment, joined to my left.
The Fifty-ninth Georgia regiment coming also at this time, occupied the line with my command.
Some little time after this I was disabled by concussion and wound on my nose and forehead.
The command then devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, who will report its operations subsequent to this time.
It would be invidious to make special mention of gallantry with either officers or men, when all did so well, fighting greatly superior numbers, and at great disadvantage.
I might safely assume that the bearing of the entire command was of the highest creditable character.
No guns or colors were captured, and but few (some twenty-five) prisoners, a number of whom were sent to the rear with wounded men.
Below I submit a list of killed, wounded and missing.
The wounded include only those disabled indefinitely.
Quite a number were temporarily disabled by slight wounds, but resumed their duties in a few days, hence I make no mention of them in this report.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Van H. Manning, Colonel Commanding Third Arkansas Regiment.
