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Civil War Cavalry
Greeley says:
" General Banks remained quiet and unsuspecting at Strasburg, with no enemy in his front, and no sign of danger until the evening of the 23d, when he was astounded by tidings of Kenley's disaster, and assurances that the rebels, 15,000 to 20,000 strong, were pressing forward to Winchester, directly in his rear. Shields's division having been sent, by order from Washington, to the Rappahannock, he had hardly 5,000 men at hand, with perhaps 2,000 or 3,000 more scattered through the valley in his rear. Jackson's force must have exceeded 20,000 men.
Michigan Cavalry
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