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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.32 (search)
a very intelligent and affable gentleman. * * Colonel Porterfield spoke rather despondently of the unprepared cbeard. Such is the personal description of Colonel Porterfield by two of the writers of the diaries at that fton. The record shows that a few hundred of Colonel Porterfield's forces did reach Grafton from the 25th to ting on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, when Colonel Porterfield ordered a retreat to Philippi. This retreat de in good order. Asleep when attacked. Colonel Porterfield remained at Philippi until the 3d morning of gan to fire. To oppose McClellan's vast host Colonel Porterfield had probably, all told, twelve hundred men, ton horseback, and asked at once to be shown to Col. Porterfield's headquarters. These young ladies by some mestances on Sunday had come to Philippi to tell Col. Porterfield that the plan was either to attack him Sunday night or Monday morning. Col. Porterfield at once gave the order to be ready to march at 5 o'clock P. M., and