confederate mounted troops under jeb stuart and wade hampton occupy a gun battery and for 15 minutes they hold. the stoneman column will crack this within a few short minutes and will drive confederate troops back earthworks at williamsburg, and then they will start to notice confederate infantry fondling -- infantry fondling into the earthworks exactly as planned. noticing union troopers back off the earthworks may 4, steward and weight had been -- stuart and wade hampton don't wait, they pitch right in. a nasty fight on may 4, on roads just like this, in a drizzle, for mounted troopers to fight in terrain like this it meets -- it means the battle is being made in columns, so troopers will ride atop the road and drop horses down on top of the opposite force. woodsl troopers commented -- comment it was the only time in the war they used their sabers to a fact. it is a race to see who can push who back into the road, drop on top of them and keep pushing them back. it is a mess of a fight. william payne will lose his jaw to shot from the fourth virginia cavalry, and they will lose thei