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Groveton, battle of.
After the battle at Cedar Mountain (q. v.), Pope took position with his army along the line of the Rapidan, where he was reinforced by troops from North Carolina, under Burnside and Stevens.
The Confederates now concentrated their forces for a dash on Washington in heavy columns.
Halleck, perceiving possible danger to the capital, issued a positive order to McClellan, Aug. 3, 1862, for the immediate transfer of the Army of the Potomac from the James River to the vicinity of Washington.
The commander of that army instructed Halleck that the true defence of Washington was on the banks of the James.
The order was at once repeated, but it was twenty days after it
Map of the operations at Groveton. was first given before the transfer was accomplished.
Meanwhile, General Lee having massed a heavy force on Pope's front, the latter had retired behind the forks of the Rappahannock.
Lee pushed forward to that river with heavy columns, and on Aug. 20-21 a seve
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