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Civil War Cavalry
Lossing further says:
" To Banks had been assigned the duty of covering the line of the Potomac and Washington City, after the movement agreed upon in council at Fairfax Court-house had been conditionally sanctioned by the President, and he was ordered to place the bulk of his force at Manassas Junction and vicinity, and to repair the Manassas Gap Railway, so as to have a rapid and direct communication with the Shenandoah Valley.
Michigan Cavalry
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