. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . wfii > mmmMm. PROVOST GUARD AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MHIH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY). FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. FROM GETTYSBURG TO THE COMING OF GRANT. BY MARTEN T. McMAHON, BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL, U. ,«. V. THE chief events of this chapter in the history of the Army of thePotomac were the pursuit of Lee to Virginia, the affair of the Vermontbrigade at Beaver Creek, in Maryland, the cavalry engagements at Hagers-town and Williamsport, the action at Bristoe Station, the
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . wfii > mmmMm. PROVOST GUARD AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MHIH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY). FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. FROM GETTYSBURG TO THE COMING OF GRANT. BY MARTEN T. McMAHON, BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL, U. ,«. V. THE chief events of this chapter in the history of the Army of thePotomac were the pursuit of Lee to Virginia, the affair of the Vermontbrigade at Beaver Creek, in Maryland, the cavalry engagements at Hagers-town and Williamsport, the action at Bristoe Station, the taking of theRappahannock redoubts, the movement to Mine Run, and the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid to Richmond. After the battle of Gettysburg two corps of the army, the First and theSixth, under Major-General John Sedgwick, pressed Lees retreating forcesto the pass at Fairfield. [See maps, Vol. III., pp. 381 and 382.] A strong rear-guard held the pursuit in check, compelling frequent formations of the lead-ing brigades in line of battle. Every house and barn along our route ofmarch was filled with wounded Confederates. Lee pas
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