Across the Shenandoah River, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Rodes's division launched multiple attacks against Union Col. Joseph Thoburn's right flank during the Battle of Cool Spring. Union Lt. Jacob H. Lamb's Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, together with Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, and Battery E, 1st West Virginia Artillery, opened fire about 6 P.M. when Thoburn’s situation became desperate. The barrage from the three batteries helped Thoburn's troops fend off several attacks, although some shells fell short and landed among his own command. The artillery duel continued into the evening as the Federals withdrew across the river under cover of darkness, and by 9 P.M. the battle was over. A reporter for the New York Herald wrote that the Union batteries' fire somewhat demoralized the Confederates and judged the artillerists' work among the best shooting seen in modern warfare.