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e ordered back to the ready, and it was not until the third time, and when the enemy were directly opposite them, that the command to fire was given. By this time the coolness of the Captain had infused itself into the men, and so simultaneous was the discharge of their pieces that it seemed like a single report. It was effectual in checking the advance of the enemy; and though their officers could be heard endeavoring to urge on the men, they could not be brought to another attack. At Bartonsville, some miles beyond, they made another attack, and were again repulsed by the companies of Captains Abbott, Cogswell, and Underwood. At Kernstown the same companies repulsed an attack by infantry. At Williamsport, where they arrived about nine P. M., May 25th, Captain Abbott was put in command of five companies, to hold the Virginia bank until the wagons and all the debris of the army had been put across the river. Although they met no enemy here, the disposition of his command to hold