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The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], From the Valley. (search)
, somewhere in the vicinity of Woodstock, they met their infantry, who proving too hard for them, they were compelled to fall back. Their cavalry taking advantage of this, made a furious charge upon our column, which caused them to break and run. This proved quite a disastrous affair to us; eleven guns of Breathed's battalion of horse artillery were lost. Johnson's company lost four guns, Thompson's three, and the Baltimore artillery four guns. Only three are now left — the guns of Shoemaker's battery — which had not quite gotten up, and were not in the fight. I have not yet heard the amount of loss on yesterday. Several of the cavalry wagons and some horses were certainly taken, but it is now impossible to a get a correct statement of numbers. You may expect to hear from me again soon. The universal opinion is, that there was a great want of discretion or of generalship which caused the affair of yesterday evening. Who is to blame is not yet known. A — T-- <