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On the morning of the 27th a part of the brigade, the 5th and 6th, in command of General Copeland, moved from Frederick up the Cotoctin valley, in Pennsylvania to reconnoiter., Army headquarters had only been established at Frederick the night before, General Hooker being in command, Copeland's orders were direct from headquarters, and were, in brief, to march up the valley, keep a bright lookout for the enemy, or information of him, and communicate anything of importance to army headquarters by courier. General Lee was supposed to have crossed the Potomac and to be on a northerly march somewhere to the westward. This was the information in possession of General Copeland, but more might have been known at army headquarters.
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