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A correspondent of the New York Times wrote:
"About midday, June 30, General Kilpatrick, with his command, was passing through Hanover, in York county, a town of about 3,000 inhabitants, and when the rear of General Farnsworth's brigade had arrived at the easterly end of the place, General Ouster's brigade —the 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th Michigan regiments—having advanced to Abbottsville, Stuart made a simultaneous attack upon the rear and right flank. The attack was entirely a surprise, as no enemy had been reported in the vicinity, and under an ordinary general or less brave troops, so sudden and impetuous was the first charge, the whole command would have been thrown into the wildest confusion, and as a necessary consequence suffered loss and disastrous defeat.
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