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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
e swollen waters of the Rappahannock in order to reach the left bank. Stoneman was ordered to wait for the first falling of the current in the positions he occupied: he waited for fifteen days; the waters did not regain their level until the 27th of April. Under the influence of a burning sun, however, the roads dried up rapidly: there was nothing to further oppose the long marches and the great movements of the troops across the fields of Virginia. Hooker took advantage of this to modify ht of preparing to build a bridge; two days later, the 23d, a regiment, the Twenty-fourth Michigan, having actually effected a passage in boats, made its appearance in the village of Port Royal, on the right side of the river. At last, on the 27th of April, Hooker thought the moment had arrived for taking the field. His instructions were given with great clearness. The Eleventh and Twelfth corps, followed at a short distance by the Fifth, formed the right wing, and were directed to proceed at