... destroy all mills, &c., which would cripple the rebel army or confederacy. Torbert had with him Wilson's division of cavalry and Lowell's brigade of regulars. On the twenty-seventh while Torbert was making his advance on Waynesboro, I ordered Merritt to make a demonstration on Brown's gap to cover the movement. This brought out the enemy (who had been re-enforced by Kershaw's division whic...