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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
lant, having learned from a negro that Ewell's corps had passed by Sperryville, concluded that, not being able to attack Hill near Fredericksburg, he ought not allow himself to be detained any longer by him on the Lower Rappahannock, and that it was time to follow the movements of the enemy toward the North with all his forces. On the 13th the several corps of his army were on the march. The Second, Sixth and Twelfth corps, which he had kept within reach of Falmouth, were directed toward Dumfries, and thence to Fairfax Court-house, with the reserve artillery, the trains, and all the materiel which had not been shipped on the Potomac, it having been decided to abandon the Aquia Creek depot. The three corps stationed along the Upper Rappahannock, and Sykes, who with the Fifth was watching the junction of the two rivers, being thus placed between the enemy and the route followed by the bulk of the army, were ordered to cover this movement, to follow it, and to halt at Manassas. Once
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the editor (search)
fth corps, from near Stafford Court-house and Aquia Creek Landing, en route to Dumfries. McReynolds' (Third) brigade of Milroy's division, Eighth army corps, marchedto Manassas Junction, and thence toward Centreville; the Twelfth corps reached Dumfries. Tyler's command of the Eighth army corps fell back from Martinsburg to Marylnassas Junction; the Sixth corps, from Aquia Creek and Stafford Court-house to Dumfries; the Twelfth corps, from Dumfries to Fairfax Court-house; and the cavalry corpDumfries to Fairfax Court-house; and the cavalry corps from Warrenton Junction to Union Mills and Bristoe Station; the Eleventh corps arrived at Centreville. Milroy's (Second) division of the Eighth army corps evacuate and Hancock, Md. June 16. The Second corps marched from near Aquia, via Dumfries, to Wolf Run Shoals, on the Occoquan; the Sixth corps, from Dumfries to FairfaDumfries to Fairfax Station; and the cavalry corps, from Union Mills and Bristoe Station to Manassas Junction and Bull Run. June 17. The First corps marched from Manassas Junct