. A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery . try. At the same time themounted brigades of McCausland and Bearing assaulted theFederal right flank. Against them boldly advanced a bodyof infantry and cavalry under Colonel Washburn. Theapproaching columns as they drew near each other did notslacken speed, but rushed on with reckless daring, eagerfor the trial of strength. Washburn, gallantly leading his command, was met withequal gallantry by General Bearing, and now all along thebattle front, there was the clash of steel, a
. A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery . try. At the same time themounted brigades of McCausland and Bearing assaulted theFederal right flank. Against them boldly advanced a bodyof infantry and cavalry under Colonel Washburn. Theapproaching columns as they drew near each other did notslacken speed, but rushed on with reckless daring, eagerfor the trial of strength. Washburn, gallantly leading his command, was met withequal gallantry by General Bearing, and now all along thebattle front, there was the clash of steel, and the cries offurious combatants mingled with the sound of small two foremost leaders of either side. Bearing and Wash-burn, closed in a hand-to-hand encounter, supported eachby brave followers, who rushed to the rescue of their chiefs,and fought around them with determined valor. Bearingand Washburn had been old schoolmates at West Point,but did not recognize each other. In the general mix-upthey were separated before either had hurt the other, but amoment afterwards Washburn fell pierced by a MAJ. JAMES THOMPSON A History of the Laurel Brigade 377 Bearing, too, fell near by, mortally wounded by a bulletsupposed by him to have come from his own men, but moregenerally believed to have come from the enemy. Suchwas the confusion and fury of the conflict the truth cannotbe established. Bearing fell while in the act of discharging his pistol atGeneral Reid, another schoolmate, who was killed by theshot, neither having recognized the other, and around thesefallen officers the waves of battle surged to and fro, until theFederals of the charging column were all either killed,wounded or captured. The number of prisoners taken, according to the reportof Genl. Fitzhugh Lee, amounted to 780. These were takenover by the proper officers, and the brigade, now under thecommand of Col. E. V. White, better known as Lige, ofthe Thirty-fifth Battalion, went with Rosser back to
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