As fighting broke out that morning, six guns of the 8th Michigan Light Artillery, marching near the front of the column, unlimbered and went into battery about a hundred yards from the bridge. They returned fire on Confederate artillery about a thousand yards down the road, approximately where the water tower is seen today. Realizing his cannon could be captured by enemy troops breaking out of the wooded undergrowth along the creek, DeGolyer moved back to a slight ridge about a hundred yards south of here. Eventually twenty-two cannon were arrayed to support the infantry. While the guns were positioned close to the creek, artist-journalist Theodore Davis documented the unfolding battle. His published and lesser-known sketches verify many details of the battle, including General Logan’s heroic rallying of the troops on horseback. Davis was shot in the knee at Raymond, his horse was killed, and at one point a sketchbook was shot out of his hand and sent whirling over his shoulder.
