...d some artillery, and the enemy was held in check. Finding that the Federal force greatly exceeded his own, General Ewell marched through Thornton s Gap and ordered Early to move up the Valley by Strasburg and New Market. He encamped near Madison Courthouse on the 29th July. The enemy massed his army in the vicinity of Warrenton, and in the night of the 31st July his cavalry, with a large support...