The Maine bugle ... campaign; 1-5 Jan. 1894-Oct. 1898 - Maine.gov

22 THF. MAINE BUGLE.
directed by General Meade to send a division in double-quick
to Tyler, and to hold his corps read}' to nio\e up. General
Warren, being the nearest at hand, was directed to send some
troops over, and the Maryland brigade sent b\- him got to the
ground in time to take an acti\e and effective part in the fight.
The First Maryland regiment, returning from Fredericksburg,
had at once, without waiting for orders, joined in the attack on
Tyler's right.
General Hancock ordered up Birney's division in double-
quick, directed Barlow and Gibbon to be ready to follow, and
went himself to the ground, where he found Tyler's division
" fiercely engaged " with the enemy in front of the Fredericks-
burg road. As soon as General Birney's troops arrived two o^
his brigades were thrown into action on Tyler's right, but the
severity of the action was already over. Gen. Crawford of the
Fifth Corps, arrived shortly after Birne)-, about dark, and was
formed in support of Kitching and the Maryland brigade on the
left.
The fighting, General Hancock says, continued obstinate until
about nine o'clock, when the enemy gave way, retreating rap-
idly across the Ny. The loss of the enemy in killed and
wounded was severe, and about four hundred prisoners fell into
our hands. This was the first engagement Tyler's troops had
taken part in, and they acquitted themselves handsomely, he
says. Gen. Early says that his whole corps was held ready to
co-operate with Ewell, should his attack prove successful, and
that, to create a division in his favor, Thomas' brigade was
thrown forward. It made a demonstration on Gen. Cutler's
front so far as to drive in the pickets on his right flank."— Idem,
pp.
I 12-13-14.