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the enemy vigor-ously at daylightand bring him toa stand if possi-ble. Z}- He was tobe supported byReynolds’s divis-ion. I instructedHeintzelman J topush forward fromCentreville towardGainesville on theWarrenton pike atthe earliest dawnwith the divisions ofKearny and Hooker,and gave ordersalso to Reno withhis corps to followclosely in their rear.They were directedto use all speed, andas soon as they cameup with the enemyto establish commu-nication with Sigel,and to attack vigor-ously and promptly.I also sent ordersto General Porter^at Manassas Junction to move forward rapidly with his own corps andKing’s division of McDowell’s corps, which was there also, upon Gainesville by the direct route from Manassas Junction to that place. I urged him tomake all possible speed, with the purpose that he should come up with theenemy or connect himself with the left of our line near where the Warrentonpike is crossed by the road from Manassas Junction to Gainesville .
Shortly after sending this order I received a note from General McDowell,whom I had not been able to find during the night of the 28th, dated Manassas
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This map represents General Pope’s view of tlie situation at noon, August 29tli,with Longstreet placed at Gainesville; hut , according to General Longstreet (seep. 51(P and others (see p. 525), Longstreet was at that hour on Jackson's right andcapable of resisting an advance on the part of Porter. —Editors.
-fc These orders to Sigel are not found in the“ Official Records,” but they correspond with theorders given to Kearny and Heintzelman at 9 : 50and 10 P. m., on the 28th. General Sigel says hereceived them during the night., made his prepara-tions at night, and “formed in order of battle atdaybreak.” Such of the subordinate reports as men-tion the time, as well as the reports of GeneralsMcDowell and Reynolds, tend to confirm GeneralSigel’s statement.— Editors.
) These orders to Heintzelman are dated 10 P. M.,
August 28th; similar orders to Kearny direct aredated 9 :50 p. m. — Editors.
& At 3 A. M. on the 29th, General Pope orderedPorter, then at Bristoe, to “move upon Centrevilleat the first dawn of day.” In the order of the 29thto Porter, “ Push forward with your corps andKing’s division, which you will take with you uponGainesville, ” the hour is not noted, but GeneralPope testified on the Porter court-martial that hesent it between 8 and 9 A. M. Porter appears tohave received it about 9 : 80.—Editors.