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next morning the summit of the Big Sewell was whitened with his tents, and skirmishing commenced and continued till the evening. On our side two gun detachments of the artillery and three companies of the 2d Regiment of the Legion, of which Col. Henningsen is Colonel, (but in consequence of his having charge of the infantry and artillery under the immediate command of Lieut.-Col. Frank Anderson, who distinguished himself by the daring exploit of capturing Castillo in Nicaragua, with 45 men, afd. On the evening of the 24th, Gen. Lee arrived with four regiments and two pieces of cannon. Late on the 25th Gen. Wise received a communication from the Secretary of War requiring him to report immediately in Richmond, Having ordered Col. Henningsen to accompany him, he left camp Defiance for that city the same evening, with Majors Duffield and Standard, Captains Farish and Snead, and Lieut. Wise, of his staff. The position at camp Defiance, when Gen. Wise left, was defended by abo