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At Edward's Ferry the brigade had been weakened by the detachment of£ the 1st Cavalry sent to Harper's Ferry, and the 7th Cavalry on special duty in the direction of Sharpsburg, leaving only the 5th and the 6th to make this reconnaissance.
Copeland's command, marching in the direction of Gettysburg, encamped on the night of the 27th at Emmettsburg. Next morning the march was resumed, not meeting or hearing anything worth communicating until about 1 P. M. on the 28th, when, on entering the town of Gettysburg, being the first Union troops to occupy that place, it was ascertained that General Early's corps of General Lee's army had already passed through the town on their way to York,
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