n gaining an entrance to the enemy's fortifications, and that he
supposed his command was pursuing Early. Here began an acquaintance
with the hero of this battle, that ripened into a friendship which
ended only with his death.

Early could not rally his troops to a stand, and all his guns in
position behind his works fell into our hands. Night only saved
him and his demoralized army from capture. The other divisions of
the Sixth and the Nineteenth Corps came up promptly, but the battle
was over with the assault.

Captain Jed. Hotchkiss, of the Topographical Engineers serving in
Early's army, describes the operations in his journal of the 22d,
thus:

"The enemy at 1 P.M. advanced several lines of battle in front of
Ramseur, but did not come far, and only drove in our skirmish line.
At 4.30 P.M. they drove in the skirmishers in front of Gordon and
opened a lively artillery duel. At the same time a flanking force
that had come on our left, near the North Mountain, advanced and
drove away the cavalry and moved on the left flank of our infantry
--rather beyond it. The brigade there (Battle's) was ordered to
move to the left, and the whole line was ordered to extend that
way, moving along the line of the breastworks. But the enemy
attacking just then (5.30 P.M.) the second brigade from the left,
instead of marching by the line of works, was marched across an
angle by its commander. The enemy seeing this movement rushed over
the works, and the brigade fled in confusion, thus letting the
enemy into the rear of Early's division, as well as of Gordon's
and the rest of Rodes'; our whole line gave way towards the right,
offering little or no resistance, and the enemy came on and occupied
our line. General Early and staff were near by, and I with others
went after Wharton (to the right), but it was too late."

At 4 A.M. next morning Early dispatched Lee:

"Late yesterday the enemy attacked my position at Fisher's Hill
and succeeded in driving back the left of my line, which was defended
by the cavalry, and throwing a force in the rear of the left of my
infantry, when the whole of the troops gave way in a panic and
could not be rallied. This resulted in the loss of twelve pieces
of artillery, though my loss in men is not large."( 5)

He, later, reported his killed and wounded at Fisher's Hill at
240, missing 995; total, 1235.( 6) Many of his missing were
doubtless killed or wounded.

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