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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
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hundred and seventy strong with two light batteries, across James River, by the pontoon bridge. Three companies of cavalry, numbering one hundred and thirty men, under Major E. Burroughs, accompanied this force. The same evening Brigadier-General J. G. Walker joined me with his brigade of thirty-six hundred effective men and two batteries, which had crossed the river on Thursday, the twenty-sixth June, and was now again placed under my command. The division bivouacked that night upon Cornelius Creek, and moved, on Monday morning, agreeable to the orders of the commanding General, upon New Market, reaching that place at ten A. M. I immediately placed my troops in a position of great actual strength, covering the junction of the Long Bridge and River roads, which was shortly afterward inspected and approved by His Excellency, the President. At this juncture, Brigadier-General Henry A. Wise reached New Market, coming voluntarily to my support from Chaffin's Bluff with two regiments o