...y commander was already at its highest, to march rapidly upon Richmond and capture it before the city could be reinforced. On the 8th of May, 1864, the Federal cavalry corps was concentrated near Fredericksburg , and on the morning of the 9th marched by Hamilton's Crossing to the Telegraph road, and moving to the right of General Lee's right flank, marched to Beaver Dam station on the Newport News and Missis...