Early's divisions under Maj. Gens. Robert E. Rodes and Stephen Dodson Ramseur drove the Union troops back to Shady Grove Road, but Ramseur's advance was stopped by a fierce stand of infantry and artillery fire.
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Maj. Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur of Early's corps, newly promoted to division command, recklessly charged the Union artillery at 6:30 p.m.
Stephen Dodson Ramseur, one of the youngest Confederate generals in the American Civil War
Dodson Ramseur died the following day near Meadow Mills, Virginia, at Sheridan's headquarters in the Belle Grove Mansion.
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Two brigades of Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur's division occupied the area around a redoubt two miles from the city and hindered the Union advance.