`  The editor of the Enquirer did not explain the discrepancy in the numbers of wounded Whites and Negroes. General Robert E. Lee sent a dispatch to the Secretary of War on October 4, 1864, saying that the enemy was bloodily repulsed, and that all of the troops behaved well.  In fact, it was the black soldiers of the 5th USCC who behaved well following the battle. Colonel Brisbin reported that, “The colored soldiers as fell into the hands of the enemy during the battle were brutally murdered. The negroes did not retaliate, but treated the rebel wounded with great kindness; carrying them water in their canteens and doing all they could do to alleviate the sufferings of those whom the fortunes of war had placed in their hands.”  This all seems very POV, and none of it is sourced, so I tagged it with {{NPOV}} and {{OR}}.   `