...n to attack the enemy vigorously as soon as it was light enough to see and bring him to a stand, if it were possible to do so. I instructed General Heintzelman to push forward from Centreville toward Gainesville at the earliest dawn, with the divisions of Hooker and Kearny, and directed General Reno to follow closely in his rear; to use all speed, and as soon as they came up with the enemy to establish commu...