. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . had a brief contestwith Branchs brigade, moving on Union Mills atthe head of A. P. Hills division. Waagners forcewas soon driven off, and in his retreat was harriedby Fitzhugh Lees cavalry from Centreville to Fair- fax, where they met the 14th Massachusetts reg-iment (1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery), B. Greene, which had also been ordered for-ward. Colonel L. B. Pierce, 12th PennsylvaniaCavalry, was ill and in the hospital at Manassa
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . had a brief contestwith Branchs brigade, moving on Union Mills atthe head of A. P. Hills division. Waagners forcewas soon driven off, and in his retreat was harriedby Fitzhugh Lees cavalry from Centreville to Fair- fax, where they met the 14th Massachusetts reg-iment (1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery), B. Greene, which had also been ordered for-ward. Colonel L. B. Pierce, 12th PennsylvaniaCavalry, was ill and in the hospital at Manassas;the rest of his regiment had been sent towardWhite Plains, and a portion of it seems to haveencountered the advance of Stuarts cavalry atHay Market and Gainesville; the remains ofthis regiment, as General McClellau describesthem, were reunited near Alexandria. Shortly after driving off Waagners force, A. advance met and overpowered Taylors NewJersey brigade of Slocums division supported bypart of Seammons brigade of the Kanawha divis-ion. Taylor and Scammon were hurrying forwardfrom Washington.—Editors. JACKSONS RAID AROUND POPE. 505. lack or stint of goodcheer, in the wayof edibles, fromcanned meats tocaramels. Stonewall Jacksonhad now severed thecommunications ofthe enemy, brokendown the bridgesbehind them, anddestroyed their enor-mous reserve sup-plies. But this, whichmight have been accomplished by a raiding party, was by no means theonly object of his enterprise; the object was beyond that—to deliver astunning blow upon his adversary, if possible without hazard to plans, no doubt conditionally discussed with General Lee before hestarted on the expedition, were determined without hesitation at could throw himself north of Bull Run and await the coming of Pope,—who he believed would retreat along the line of the railroad and turn-pike,—thus taking the chances of holding him in check until Longstreet camein to crush him from behind. T
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