Barlow pushed forward with great vigor, under a heavy fire of both artillery and musketry, through thickets and swamps.

Notwithstanding all the resistance of the enemy and the natural obstructions to overcome, he carried a position occupied by the enemy outside their main line where the road makes a deep cut through a bank affording as good a shelter for troops as if it had been made for that purpose.

Three pieces of artillery had been captured here, and several hundred prisoners.

The guns were immediately turned against the men who had just been using them.

No (*33) assistance coming to him, he (Barlow) intrenched under fire and continued to hold his place.