Crose Keys, Va

an indecisive action, June 8, 1862, between 12,- 750 Federals under Frémont and Ewell’s column of Jackson’s army of 17,000 Confederates. Ewell was reinforced by Taylor and Patton leading a Louisiana and a Virginia brigade. Frémont’s line of battle, a mile and a half long, was advantageously arranged. The Federals began the battle, advancing steadily under a heavy fire, Stahl’s Pennsylvania troops faring the worst. He was, however, supported by Bohlen, Schenk and Milroy, and thus was not compelled to retreat. Taking a strong position on a hill, he was repeatedly cannonaded by the Confederates, but they were easily driven off by his superior batteries.