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Excerpt from Official Reports of Battles General: In compliance with instructions from your headquarters, on the 21st instant, I left camp at Lacey's Springs, Rockingham county, with all my available strength in cavalry, infantry and artillery, for the purpose of co-operating with General Imboden in Northwestern Virginia. The men and horses unfit for a hard campaign were left under Lieutenant Colonel Funsten, near Harrisonburg, to repress marauding from towards Winchester, and to afford protection to the people of the Valley. Close communication was formed with Brigadier General Fitz Lee, to secure timely succor in case of need. Unfavorable weather and the condition of the roads made the first day to Moorefield exceedingly arduous. We found the South Branch past fording, and were compelled to make a detour by Petersburg to get over. Here the ford was rough and dangerous from the swiftness of the stream. When but a small portion of the sixth cavalry had passed, one man and horse were drowned and two others narrowly escaped. Citizens of Petersburg, whose names I will ascertain and report to you, came manfully to our assistance, recklessly plunging to the assistance of all in peril, and remaining for hours in the cold water, until all were safe over. It was my intention to have packed, from "The Old Fields," forage for our horses, while engaged in the destruction of the tresselling at Cheat river. The forage could not be had, so on the 25th we were compelled to start with our sacks empty, trusting to fortune. The pass at Greenland, contrary to information we had received, was found occupied by the enemy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
