. History of the 131st Penna. Volunteers, war of 1861-5 . ed States ford, the rebels under Mahoneand Posey, who were guarding the south side, were compelledto retreat, and Couch threw his pontoons over and his two di-visions joined the other column at Chancellorsville. As soonas Couchs Second Corps had crossed, General Sickels ThirdCorps, which lay at Franklins crossing, just below Fredericks-burg, was ordered to proceed up the river to United Statesford, to be at Chancellorsville on Friday morning, May 1. General Hooker now issued the following: April 30, Orders No. 47: It is wit
. History of the 131st Penna. Volunteers, war of 1861-5 . ed States ford, the rebels under Mahoneand Posey, who were guarding the south side, were compelledto retreat, and Couch threw his pontoons over and his two di-visions joined the other column at Chancellorsville. As soonas Couchs Second Corps had crossed, General Sickels ThirdCorps, which lay at Franklins crossing, just below Fredericks-burg, was ordered to proceed up the river to United Statesford, to be at Chancellorsville on Friday morning, May 1. General Hooker now issued the following: April 30, Orders No. 47: It is with heartfelt satisfactionthat the commanding general announces to the army that theoperations of the last three days have determined that ourenemy must ingloriously fiy, or come out from behind his de-fences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain de-struction awaits him. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth Corpshave been a succession of splendid achievements. By command of Major General Williams, Asst. Adjt. General,. MAJOR ROBERT W. PATTON. /j/si PENNA. VOLUNTEERS. 193 Our cavalry now alarmed the rebel General Stuart, who,with his staff, started for Fredericksburg to report to Lee. The position on Thursday evening was thus : Sedgwickand Reynolds, with the Sixth and First Corps, with GibbonsDivision of the Second Corps, were holding the bulk of Leesarmy at Fredericksburg. Hooker, with four corps, and SicklesCorps near by, lay at Chancellorsville, with only the rebel Gen-eral Andersons troops, who had been guarding the fords, infront of him. Lee was thus far unable to fathom the designs of his an-tagonist and was severe in his condemnation of those uponwhom he depended for information. Until after the arrival ofStuart on Monday evening he had no definiteknowledge but then he saw his danger andimmediately put his army in motion. He had the shorter linesand good roads to Chancellorsville, and his men and officerswere familiar with the country.
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