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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 3 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 2 Browse Search
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icket and hold it and a road cutting it at Groveton at right angles, and which led from the Junction also to Sudley Ford. I did so, holding Groveton as my reserve, throwing out pickets toward Manassas and down the turnpike, and pushing Captain George R. Gaither's troop, First Virginia cavalry, which I found on picket before I reached the position, some half a mile in front of me, with videttes still farther before him. Shortly after daylight, he reported to me a cavalry force advancing from Gaught in a courier captured by him, bearing a despatch from Major-General McDowell to Major-General Sigel. I immediately sent the courier and despatch to Brigadier-General Taliaferro and Major-General Jackson, and a short time after, ordered Captain Gaither to report to Major-General Jackson in person the contents of the despatch. Executing this order in the direction of Manassas, he was taken prisoner, and I lost his services, which were valuable. The intercepted despatch was an order from M