The ground was admirably adapted for a defense of infantry against cavalry, being miry and covered with fallen timber.
As the regiment of infantry broke, Dickey's Cavalry began to discharge their carbines, and fell into disorder.

I instantly sent orders to the rear for the brigade to form line of battle, which was promptly executed.

The broken infantry and cavalry rallied on this line, and, as the enemy's cavalry came to it, our cavalry in turn charged and drove them from the field.

I advanced the entire brigade over the same ground and sent Colonel Dickey's cavalry a mile farther on the road.

On examining the ground which had been occupied by the Seventy-seventh Ohio, we found fifteen of our men dead and about twenty-five wounded.