. A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery . med near our position, which charged and drove back theenemy. I then moved the guns to a hill north of and facingthe station. They were without support. At this stage of affairs Rosser, who was on the Gordons-ville Road some distance off to the left, was quickly recalled byHampton to oppose Custer. He returnea rapidly, but Custerwas now trying to escape with his captures, by going off theGordonsville Road around Butler and Young and the horseartillery, and getting through on th
. A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery . med near our position, which charged and drove back theenemy. I then moved the guns to a hill north of and facingthe station. They were without support. At this stage of affairs Rosser, who was on the Gordons-ville Road some distance off to the left, was quickly recalled byHampton to oppose Custer. He returnea rapidly, but Custerwas now trying to escape with his captures, by going off theGordonsville Road around Butler and Young and the horseartillery, and getting through on their left. From his new position Chew opened fire on the columnand drove them back on the station, and by a well-directedfire delayed its escape by crippling the horses and stoppingthe wagons. After considerable delay Custer again at-tempted to escape by the same route, but Rosser hearingthe firing, brought his brigade at a gallop down the Gor-donsville Road, and wheeling to the left struck Custers col-umn and doubled it back on Fitz Lee, who was coming upon the other side of the station, and who attacking vigor-. o < (0<0 z 111cc V- \-<ccu I- coo Ll o H< COQCUlCOCOO tc A History of the Laurel Brigade 253 ously, pushed that part of Custers column back, recaptur-ing many wagons and taking five caissons. Some idea maybe formed of the vigor of Lees attack from the desperatecharge of one company of the Sixth Virginia, known as theClarke Cavalry, which lost in a single charge upon a Fed-eral battery more than half its number. The well-timed assault of Rosser was made in doublecolumn, the Eleventh in front on the right of the road, andWhite in front on the left. To the Laurels, success meant more than victory. Theenemy had captured the division trains and many presence for a moment in Hamptons rear meant gen-eral disaster. What was to be done, had to be done did a duty of heavy responsibility where prompt-ness of decision in the leader,
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