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Civil War Cavalry
Our troops moved in three parallel columns, each protected by an efficient rear guard, and reached Martinsburg, 22 miles distant, in the course of the afternoon. Here a halt of two and a half hours was taken to rest and refresh, our rear guard leaving that town at 7 P. M., and reaching the Potomac, opposite Williamsport, 12 miles farther, in the course of the evening.
"General Geo. H. Stewart, with the rebel cavalry, pursued as far Martinsburg; but Jackson halted his infantry not far beyond Winchester, though he sent a brigade three days later to Charlestown driving out a small Union force which held that place, and pursued it to Halltown, which was occupied next day by the main body of his army. "
Michigan Cavalry
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