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The force was in the hands of a master. General Stuart in person led the charging column, and our troops were led by General Farnsworth and Major Hammond. For some time the contest hung in the balance, but General Ouster's brigade returning, after a severe struggle, which lasted nearly four hours, the enemy was forced to retire.
" As the cavalry, by the battles of Aldie and Upperville, prevented the rebel Stuart from marching his column through Maryland and Pennsylvania, by way of Edward's Ferry and Boonsborough, so did the whipping of him at Hanover prevent further marauding excursions toward the center of the State.
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