▁a ▁good ▁def ens ible ▁position ▁there , ▁H ark er ' s ▁men ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁resist ▁the ▁multiple ▁assault s , ▁beginning ▁at ▁ 1 ▁p . m ., ▁from ▁the ▁brig ades ▁of ▁K ers h aw ▁and ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁Benjamin ▁G . ▁Hum ph re ys . ▁These ▁two ▁brig ades ▁had ▁no ▁assistance ▁from ▁their ▁nearby ▁fellow ▁brig ade ▁command ers . ▁Perry ▁and ▁Robert son ▁were ▁attempting ▁to ▁re organ ize ▁their ▁brig ades ▁after ▁they ▁were ▁rout ed ▁into ▁the ▁woods . ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁Henry ▁L . ▁Ben ning ' s ▁brig ade ▁turned ▁north ▁after ▁crossing ▁the ▁La f ay ette ▁Road ▁in ▁purs uit ▁of ▁two ▁brig ades ▁of ▁Bran nan ' s ▁division , ▁then ▁halt ed ▁for ▁the ▁afternoon ▁near ▁the ▁Po e ▁house . ▁ ▁H ind man ' s ▁Division ▁attacked ▁the ▁Union ▁line ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁H ood ' s ▁column ▁and ▁encountered ▁consider ably ▁more ▁resistance . ▁The ▁brig ade ▁on ▁the ▁right , ▁commanded ▁by ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁Zach aria h ▁De as , ▁drove ▁back ▁two ▁brig ades ▁of ▁Davis ' s ▁division ▁and ▁defeated ▁Col . ▁Bernard ▁La ib old t ' s ▁brig ade ▁of ▁Sher idan ' s ▁division . ▁Sher idan ' s ▁two ▁remaining ▁brig ades , ▁under ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁William ▁H . ▁L yt le ▁and ▁Col . ▁Nathan ▁Wal worth , ▁checked ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁advance ▁on ▁a ▁slight ▁r idge