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d. We followed them, with this small rearguard of the enemy before us, up to Fairfield, in a gorge of tile mountains. There we again waited for them to go on. There seemed to be no disposition to push this rear-guard when we got up to Fairfield. A lieatenant from the enemy came into our lines and gave himself up. He was a Norpart of our cavalry pursuing on the Cashtown road, as Sedgwick did on that by Fairfield. On the 5th, Meade was satisfied that Lee had retreated; but he believed thaned at Gettysburg during the 4th, and at night began to retire by the road to Fairfield, carrying with it about 4,000 prisoners. Nearly 2,000 had previously been parexcept an unimportant demonstration upon our rear in the afternoon, when near Fairfield, which was easily checked. Part of our train moved by the road through FairfFairfield, and the rest by the way of Cashtown, guarded by Gen. Imboden. In passing through tho mountains, in advance of the column, the great length of the trains expos