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Civil War Cavalry
based on reliable information that the enemy were in overwhelming force before us, to send back the trains of the division towards Martinsburg. At the same time I was notified of his intention to offer such resistance to the rebels as would develop with more certainty their strength, and give time for our transportation wagons to move-clear of the route of our retreat.
" The enemy gave us little time to correct our positions, or to reconnoitre theirs. They opened with their rifled guns at the earliest dawn, and began the movement of their masses on both flanks for attack immediately afterwards.
Michigan Cavalry
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