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and by the time the horses of their officers were saddled, the long lines ofinfantry were moving to the anticipated battle-field,

The two divisions, after inarching some distance to the north of the turn-pike, finding no enemy, were halted and rested, and the prospect of an engage-ment on that afternoon [the 28 th] seemed to disappear with the lengtheningshadows. The enemy did not come — he could not be found — the Warren-ton pike, along which it was supposed he would march, was in view — but itwas as free from Federal soldiery as it had been two days before, whenJackson’s men had streamed along its highway.

Ewell’s division was in rear of mine, both lines fronting the turnpike.Beyond this road a pleasant farm-house, with shaded lawn and conspicuousdairy, invited the heated soldiers to its cool retreat and suggested temptingvisions of milk and butter. Application was made by some of the men forpermission to test the hospitality of the residents and the quality of theirdairy products. They went and returned just as General Ewell happened toride to the front. He heard their favorable report, and, laughingly suggest-ing that a canteen of buttermilk was a delicacynot to be despised on such an evening by thecommander-in-chief himself, requested an-other party to procure for him the covetedluxury. As these men reached the farnhouse a straggling party of the enemy,doubtless attracted by the same oject, came in sight and madestraight for what they supposedto be their comrades. A closerapproach revealed the distinctive uniforms of ene-mies and brought abouta brief but lively skir-mish, from which bothparties soon retiredupon their respectivefriends—the Confeder-ates, however, bearingoff the spolia oplma.

General Ewell reapedthe fruits of the contest,for he obtained andenjoyed liis canteen ofbuttermilk.

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The topography is after General Beauregard’s map, made from surveyafter the first battle of Bull Run. The deep cut and the embankment asfar as the “ Dump ” were the scene of the fighting with stones, illustratedon p. 534. Here the unfinished railroad embankment is made of earth andblasted rock taken from the cut. The “ Dump ” was a break in the embank-ment, or rather a space which was never filled in; several hundred Unionsoldiers were buried near it. — Editors.