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Southern Historical Society Papers.

Vol. VII. Richmond, Va., September, 1879. no. 9.

The Gettysburg campaign--full report of General J. E. B. Stuart.

[We published in our issue for August, 1876, a fragment of General Stuart's report of “operations after Gettysburg,” which we found, in his own hand writing, among his papers which Mrs. Stuart kindly turned over to us, and which was all we could obtain at the time. We are now able, through the kindness of our friend Major H. B. McClellan, of the staff of the old cavalry corps, to give our readers the full text of this important report of the great campaign.]

headquarters cavalry division, army of Northery Virginia, August 20th, 1863.
To Colonel R. H. Chilton, Chief of Staff, Army of Northern Virginia:
Colonel — I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of the cavalry division, Army of Northern Virginia, from the time of crossing the Rappahannock on the 16th day of June, 1863, to the 24th day of July, 1863, when, having recrossed the Blue Ridge after the Pennsylvania campaign, our pickets were reestablished on the south bank of the Rappahannock.

After holding in check a cavalry force at least double our own for months, with a command stretched on the outposts from the


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