. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature . omac on apontoon bridge, at Harpers Ferry, it proceeded with the brigade to Winchester,where it arrived on the 12th of March, driving out Jackson and taking posses-sion of the place. On the 1st of April, Banks army advanced, pushing theenemy up the valley, imtil it arrived at Edenburgh, where both the railroadand turnpike bridges were found destroyed. A skirmishing party was sentacross the creek to dislodge a body of the enemy, so posted as to be very an-noying to the troops as they approached *
. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature . omac on apontoon bridge, at Harpers Ferry, it proceeded with the brigade to Winchester,where it arrived on the 12th of March, driving out Jackson and taking posses-sion of the place. On the 1st of April, Banks army advanced, pushing theenemy up the valley, imtil it arrived at Edenburgh, where both the railroadand turnpike bridges were found destroyed. A skirmishing party was sentacross the creek to dislodge a body of the enemy, so posted as to be very an-noying to the troops as they approached *he stream. In the skirmish whichensued, the Twenty-ninth lost two killed, James Martin, of company G, and * Organization of the TMrd Brigade, Colonel George H. Gordon, First Division, BrigadierGeneral A. S. Williams, Army of Major General N. P. Banks. Second Regiment Massachu-setts Volimteers, Lieutenant Colonel Andrews; Third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, ColonelRuger; Twenty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Colgrove; Twenty-ninth Regi-ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel 1862 SKIRMISH AT WJNCHESTEE. 485 Gottlieb Spear, of company I, tlie first casualties in action. As the commandadvanced in pursuit of Jackson on the 19th, the Twenty-nintli, with the brigade,made a detour to the right, to flank the enemy who had taken position onEoads Hill. But discovering the movement in season he sought safety inflight. Marching to Harrisonburg, the army remained about two weeks, whenit returned to Strasburg and commenced fortifying. Companies B and G ofthe Twenty-ninth, together with the First Maryland Eegiment, under ColonelKenly, had been detached and stationed at Front Eoyal. Jackson, havingbeen re-inforced by Ewell and Edward Johnson, had attacked and worstedthe advance divisions of Fremonts command under Milroy and Schenck, atMDowell, and, by a rapid march masked by his cavalry, approached FrontBoyal unexpectedly, quickly overpowered Kenly, after a brave resistan
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