Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Romney” in chapter 6, page 73 of Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia:
... Ferry about 7,000 men of all arms.
At sunrise, June 13th, Johnston was advised, from Winchester, that 2,000 Federal troops, sup. posed to be the advance guard of McClellan's army, had marched into Romney , 43 miles west of Winchester by turnpike.
As this information came from most reliable sources, Johnston at once sent Col. A. P. Hill, with
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