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Michigan Cavalry Brigade 2
General Kilpatrick with the main body, was to attack the city by the Brook turnpike, simultaneously if possible with the other movement. It was hoped to reach the city on Monday night, or early the following morning, when a partial if not a total surprise could be effected.
Unfortunately Colonel Dahlgreen had taken a negro to pilot him to Richmond. His detachment had rapidly moved across the country, destroying everything which could be of service to the enemy. Pushing on, Dahlgreen had discovered that his negro guide had betrayed him, and led him toward Goochland instead of Richmond, and Tuesday midnight found himself ten miles in just the opposite direction from that which he wished to take. The negro was promptly hanged for his baseness.
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