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Official report of Captain John D. Imboden, of the "Staunton Artillery."
Manassas Junction, Va., July 22, 1861.
Brigadier General W. H. Whiting, commanding the Third Brigade of the Army of the Shenandoah:
I submit the following summary report of the part taken in the engagement of yesterday, by the battery of the Brigade — the Staunton Artillery--under my command.
The battery arrived at Camp Walker, below the Junction, at half-past 11 o'clock the night before the battle, with men and horses greatly fatigued, by a forced march of thirty-two miles, commenced at day-break, over an extremely rough and steep, hilly road.
Having had but four hours sleep, and that on the ground, without shelter, on a rainy night, since the preceding Wednesday night, at Winchester, and no food on Saturday, except breakfast, which was kindly furnished us by some ladies at Salem, in Fauquier, my men were so tired on getting into camp that they threw themselves upon the ground to snatch a few ho