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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
east, by a well-cultivated district, where the woods are intersected by large and numerous clearings dotted with farms and dwellings. The southern portion of the forest is traversed from west to east by a large highway, being the road from Orange Court-house to Fredericksburg. The old route, or the Old Turnpike, and the new read, called the Plank Road, by following a parallel direction penetrate into the forest after crossing Wilderness Run, the former at the Old Wilderness Tavern, the latter id the point exposed to the enemy's fire. Hooker was informed that some of the enemy's battalions, followed by wagons and artillery, had been seen marching southward. Nothing more was wanting to convince him that Lee was falling back upon Orange Court-house, and that the enemy's whole army was only trying to escape from him—a fatal error, showing how little he understood the character of his adversaries. Sickles hastened from Headquarters for the purpose of starting with his whole corps and P
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
h, but Early, pushing on, went to occupy Orange Court-house on the south of the Rapidan, which in caht. However, he had scarcely arrived at Orange Court-house on the 8th of August when he deemed it ihe hands of their assailants, have reached the Orange road. Custer presses them closely, and takes double line of communication—the railway from Orange to Manassas Junction and the main road from Wads. The old and new Fredericksburg roads to Orange, very near each other and parallel to the Rapiy of Germanna Ford. Then it extends as far as Orange on a straight line twenty-five miles in lengthx miles from New Hope Church and fourteen from Orange. Several roads connect these two roads with tover at the same time Fredericksburg and Orange Court-house, Lee, to protect the railroads at Gordonday. Hill, calling together his corps at Orange Court-house, will move by the plank road toward Verd three o'clock in the morning from the town of Orange, and soon outstrips the column marching on the