George Lyons, July 23, 1861

I hereby submit the following report of my shinee * cn in the engagement on the 21st instant: On arriving on the ground, I was ordered to form line of battle on the – _ right of the Fourteenth Regiment. We were then ordered to advance

a 1 . E ¢ Fold ny a Gr te ‘ = ¥ _ z 4 1 ‘ ‘Ie NA) eat 4 2 \ =~ 2 to a fence a short distance in front; then moved by the right along the — road. We here received a destructive fire from the enemy, which caused – a temporary break. We ascended the hill, and were called upon by Major Wadsworth, of General McDowell’s staff, to charge the woods on our right. Three companies on the right (Captain Burger, Captain Gregory, and Captain Johnson) dashed forward in the woods, dislodging the enemy. We then left the woods, and immediately formed line in face of the enemy on the brow ofa hill. We here received a fire from the enemy, and returned it. The fire now became so hot that the men were ordered to fall back in the woods. One company of the left wing did not come into action up to this time.

I was now called upon to aid the Twenty-seventh Regiment, and rallied what force could be gathered at the time under direction of Quartermaster Cornell. I then collected the remaining portions of the regiment on the skirts of the woods,.and with them I tried to form a junction with the Fourteenth Regiment, which was well on the right. The force under Major Sykes made acharge.

Respectfully,