Federals Take Slanesville - Day 8 Morning

In a tough fight, Union forces under Colonel Samuel H. Dunning have driven Confederate militia under Brigadier General Gilbert S. Meem from Slanesville. In the engagement, Brigadier General James Carson, commander of the 7th Brigade Virginia Militia, and Captain William McLaughlin, Commander of the Rockbridge Artillery, were killed. Colonel Jeremiah Sullivan, commander of the 13th Indiana Infantry, was commanding the Federal infantry on the field and was also killed.

During fighting among the guns of the Rockbridge Artillery, the 7th Brigade Virginia Militia was eventually able to regain control of the guns and drive off the 13th Indiana, which had briefly captured them. With most of the horses dead and the guns damaged, they could not be pulled from the field. They were spiked and not immediately serviceable, but a six pound smoothbore and twelve pound Napoleon ended up in Federal hands. The Confederates are moving towards Hainesville.