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"At that moment orders were received to fall back at once, which we did under cover of the twilight, passing along within two hundred yards of the enemy's infantry for more than a quarter of a mile, while they, with stacked arms in the road where we had passed down, saw us march by unmolested, evidently supposing we belonged to their army. This movement was only participated in by my regiment, the balance of the command having moved away much earlier, but being on our extreme right the orders had not reached me until it was found that my command was missing. I was holding a position to guard the front only, supposing others were attending to the rear. We marched back to Boons-borough that night, and encamped.
" July 7th. We remained in camp.
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