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Civil War Cavalry
Under these circumstances, I hastened the evacuation on the Major General's order, and before daylight put in movement towards Winchester all the trains of the division, with such escort of cavalry and infantry as the smallness of the command and the uncertainty of the point of attack would warrant.
" I also ordered Donnelly's brigade, encamped about six miles above Strasburg, to join the division, in readiness for a rapid march to the rear. At the same time the 29th Pennsylvania, Colonel Murphy, 'of Gordon's brigade, with a section of artillery, was ordered to occupy and reconnoitre the road from Middletown towards Front Royal, and to oppose the advance of the rebels by that route at all hazards.
Michigan Cavalry
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