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At noon of that day Porter’s corps was in much thesame position as at sunset. According to General Pope,at noon Porter, with very little resistance to overcome,might have occupied the hill of the Monroe and Hamp-ton Cole houses, a position of great importance. But,according to other authorities (see p. 527), Longstreetwas in position between Jackson and Porter by noon.At that hour the right of the Union army was arrayed

in continuous line in front of Jackson from a point onthe turnpike three-quarters of a mile west of Grovetonto the point where the Sudley Springs road crosses theunfinished railroad which was Jackson’s stronghold.The map above illustrates the situation at the timeof the greatest success on the right, when Jackson’sleft had been turned upon itself by Kearny’s, Reno ’s,and Hooker’s divisions. —Editors.

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