Slowing the Advance

Following a successful Confederate surprise attack, Union forces from the 8th and 19th corps formed battle lines across the woods and fields here in hopes of slowing the overwhelming Southern assault moving in this direction. They included the 8th Vermont and troops under Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes. This fighting delayed the Confederate advance long enough for the rest of the Union army on the other side of the Valley Pike to readjust their lines.

Middletown, Virginia · United States