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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battlefields of Virginia. (search)
rto unknown route, by which the movement was effected is, therefore, unwarranted. The statement that marching orders were not given to the Second Corps until after a meeting between Lee and Jackson Saturday morning, May 2nd, is not consistent with the facts, which appear in the official records, as will be seen from the following extracts from the War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Vol. XXV: Extracts. From the Report of Brig. General David B. Birney, U. S. A. About 8 o'clock I reported to Major-General Sickles that a continuous column of infantry, trains and ambulances was passing my front towards the right. From the Report of Brigadier General George Doles, C. S. A. About 6 A. M., May 2nd, moved up dirt road about half a mile; filed offi to the left on the Furnace Road, arriving at Germanna Road about 3:30 P. M. Front the Report of Brig. General S. D. Ramseur, C. S. A. Saturday, May 2nd, we were re