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ounder. It is his first blow from the shoulder for self-defence and Union, and it braces him up for the work before him. We send our shells crashing into the woods with great rapidity, and while thus engaged, Chief of Artillery Randolph rides up behind us as cool as if on review, and in a clear voice, which by its deliberate accents inspires confidence, calls out, Don't fire so fast, men! Wait till you see a flash, then fire at it. But the flashes have grown less frequent. Meanwhile Col. Collins's First Brigade filed rapidly in and took position on our left and left front, protected in part by a rise of ground. After the action had lasted about twenty minutes the firing of the enemy ceased, as did that of the Battery. Then the infantry rose, and pouring in a volley, charged with a ringing cheer into the woods; but the Rebels had retreated before them, and the fight was ended. Our foe was said to be a body of Stuart's Cavalry, variously estimated at from five hundred to two th