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enemy, broken and demoralized, retired
under cover of darkness to his place
of refuge, the main army having abandoned in defeat an expedition under
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FOR THE CONFEDERATE.UT
Certainly General Averell did not
carry out his orders, which were to
attack and rout, or destroy. Fitzhutrh
Lee." Nevertheless, this was a sad
day for the Confederates, for among
the fallen was the bold, intrepid, he
roic l'elham, for among the Confederate heroes slain in battle none left
a more honorable, a more brilliant record than this young major of the horse
artillery. At the battle of Gainesville
special mention was made of his coming into action with his guns by General Jackson, as relieving his right
at a most opportune time. Favorable
mention was made of him by both General Lee and General Jackson of the
efficient manner in which he served his
puns in checking and delaying the attack made by General Franklin on
Jackson's lines at Fredericksburg. In the language of General Stuart:
"Though young in years, a more striking in appearance, remarkable for his
genuine modesty of deportment, he yet
disclosed on the battle field the conduct of a veteran, and displayed in his
handsome person the most imperturbable coolness."  Though of a kinder physique, he was gifted with nerves of steel, the heart of a lion, and courage of a martyr, his life mortally wounded in this fight near Kellys Ford with the battle cry on his lips and the light of victory beam from his eye. 