Hearing a noise, he hid in the woods, and then ordered the Union cavalryman to surrender.

However, pursuing Union cavalrymen troops arrived on the following day, and they too took horses.

The Union cavalrymen now knew that Confederates were just ahead.

Some of the Union cavalrymen made it as far as the village before being repulsed.

Receiving heavy rifle and artillery fire, 41 of the Union cavalrymen fell in the attack.

The Union cavalrymen were convinced they were opposed by a much larger force.

The Union cavalrymen crashed into the column of now lightly protected wagons.

Only about 40 men from the company were in a position to combat the Union cavalrymen.

Inevitably the Union cavalrymen began to give way.

The Union cavalrymen formed a battle line in which they were lying prone just beyond a shallow ridgeline.