Showdown at Strawderman - July 7th

Fresh off a victory at Hogbin's Store on July 6th, a Confederate cavalry battalion pursued retreating Federal infantry to Strawderman on July 7th. The cavalry met the infantry from the previous day, joined by another battalion of infantry. As the cavalry approached the village of Strawderman and engaged, the infantry left the cover of an orchard to close in and fire with their smoothbore muskets. The other Federal battalion then advanced and opened on the Confederate flank, forcing the Rebel cavalrymen to withdraw to Hogbin's Store.