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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
. Can the enemy ford the river? I suggest you send your baggage to the rear; daylight will show the enemy not so strong as represented. Send a messenger to Colonel Leonard, to withdraw towards Boonsboroa and Buckeyestown, and send your baggage there; but don't retire entirely without making your enemy feel you; he will not folloed in all the essentials for military success, and were deserted even by their impudence in times of trial. I also despatched a messenger to Sharpsburg, to Colonel Leonard, acquainting him with the orders received through General Porter for his withdrawal towards Boonsboroa and Buckeyestown; and, further informing him of the deses about the enemy, asked him to move in my direction, that he might aid me if necessary,--to which, long after daylight next morning, I received a reply from Colonel Leonard, that he understood it would be out of his way, in withdrawing towards Boonsboroa and Buckeyestown, to come around by Maryland Heights, and therefore plainly