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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter XI (search)
attle, and the enemy now advancing was easily pushed back to Chancellorsville. At 11 a. m. on the 2d, Archer's brigade was withdrawn from the plank road and was ordered to the left of the Welford Furnace road; but after marching two miles the brigade commander learned that a large body of the enemy had attacked our army train in his rear and driven off the troops guarding it. On receiving this important information he at once returned and found that the enemy had been repulsed by Lieut.-Col. J. T. Brown of the artillery, assisted by detachments of infantry, among them Capt. W. S. Moore with two companies of the Fourteenth Tennessee. Captain Moore, who had just been relieved from picket duty, was returning to his regiment, and thus was opportunely at the right place when the train was attacked and bore a conspicuous part in its protection. In his official report, General Lee made honorable mention of Captain Moore and his command. The next morning General Archer moved forward to