Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4.
Henry Coppee , LL.D., Ed.

We must now go back an hour or two to describe the battle on the Vineyard farm and in its vicinity. About three o'clock Davis reaches this extensive glade with two brigades, the third having remained at Stevens' Gap. Rosecrans urges him to seek the left flank of the enemy, whom Van Cleve engages in front. To this end, Davis deploys his troops in advance of the highroad, with Heg in the wood which bounds the farm at the north-east, Carlin at his right on the edge of the wood, and the artillery still more to the right upon a commanding point in the middle of fields. Carlin advances first; Heg will follow him at a distance, so as to place the brigades en échelon and be able, by a half-wheel, to bring the line obliquely upon the enemy's left wing. But this wing is in motion, and the conflict of the two commands prevents Davis from accomplishing his manoeuvre. Hood, who has ordered his two divisions to perform a similar move to turn the rear of Van Cleve's right, is also interrupted pending this change of direction. On the left, Johnson has two brigades in front and one brigade on the second line, but his front is convex-Gregg, to the left, facing the south-west, and Fulton, on the right, looking to the west. The latter, in conformity to orders received, rests on the right and is contiguous to Law's division. Gregg wishes at once to follow Fulton's move and remain linked to Preston, who is motionless on his left: the front of the brigade lengthens out, becomes thin, and threatens to break. Before Gregg has time to draw closer the lines in the front of the brigade the fight suddenly begins with Carlin in the wood which separates Hall's place from the Vineyard farm, while Fulton, not having yet met Heg, continues on his march. Soon, however, the fight extends to these two commands. The Confederate artillery has not been afraid to penetrate into the thicket; it advances, and, firing by sections, sorely tries the Unionists. Davis resists, but is soon unequal to the contest. Law, who with two brigades has just dealt a finishing blow to Van Cleve, has allowed Stewart's division to pursue him on the right. Law advances toward the road, and his left brigade falls upon the extremity of