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Civil War Cavalry
Banks had, on the first tidings of trouble at Front Royal, dispatched a. small force to aid Kenly; but this was now recalled, and our trains sent forward on the road to Winchester, escorted by General Hatch, with our cavalry and six pieces of artillery. At 9 A. M. our column was in motion, and hardly proceeded three miles when it was apprised that the train had been attacked, and that the rebels held the road at Middletown—a report soon confirmed by a disorderly rush of fugitives and wagons to the rear. The column was thereupon re-organized; with the train in the rear; and on reaching Middletown Colonel D. Donnelly, commanding the vanguard, encountered a small force of rebels, who were easily repulsed and driven back on the road to Front Royal.
Michigan Cavalry
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