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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 11 (search)
nard. Second Brigade, Brigadier-General Henry Baxter. Third Brigade, Colonel Dennison. Third Division, Brigadier-General S. W. Crawford. First Brigade, Colonel W. McCandless. Second Brigade, Colonel J. W. Fisher. Fourth Division, Brigadier-General J. S. Wadsworth. First Brigade, Brigadier-General L. Cutler. Second Brigade, in support. Crawford's movement towards Parker's Store, which had already been arrested by the enemy, was now formally suspended. One of its brigades (that of McCandless) was sent to act on the left of Wadsworth's command, and the remainder of the division was afterwards withdrawn—the enemy following up and firing into the rear The thick woods prevented any change on the spot, and by running back, the men did about the best thing they could. The brigade of Crawford's division (that of McCandless), which was to the left of Wadsworth, occupied an isolated position, and being nearly surrounded, it was easily driven from the field, with the loss of almost t