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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 3: through Harper's Ferry to Winchester—The Valley of the Shenandoah. (search)
had looked at in July of 1861, from this same Bunker Hill, had now been entered from Bunker Hill; the Winchester we had hoped to gain by Berryville, in 1861, when Patterson implored his militia to march to its attack, we were now about entering from Berryville. I galloped to the town with a staff-officer in anticipation of our march there on the morrow; found everything quiet and peaceable, and fancied perhaps there was some Union feeling. Some Northern men were there, said to be from Milford, Mass., who told me of the flight of the enemy. When I returned to Berryville it was dark; the ride had been wearisome. I was indulging in thoughts of a good supper and sleep; but my reverie was rudely broken by the sight of batteries and brigades en route to Winchester. Berryville had been plunged into commotion by the report that a fierce battle was raging there. In vain I urged that I had just come from Winchester; had found and left no enemy in sight or sound; that marriage bells were