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INSIDE EVERGREEN CEMETERY, CEMETERY HILL. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH.
Corps to follow the enemy through the Fairfield pass. On the evening ofthe 4th — both armies being still in position at Gettysburg—Kilpatrick hada sharp encounter with the enemy in Monterey pass, and this was followedby daily cavalry combats on the different routes, in which much damage wasdone to trains and many captures of wagons, caissons, and prisoners effected.On the 5th, whilst Lee was moving through the passes, French destroyedthe pontoon-bridge at Falling Waters. On the 6th — as Meade was leavingGettysburg — Buford attacked at Williamsport and Kilpatrick toward Hag-erstown , on his right, but as Imboden’s train guard was strong, Stuart wasup, and Longstreet close by, they had to withdraw. [See p. 427.] Th®enemy proceeded to construct a new bridge and intrench a strong finecovering Williamsport and Falling Waters. There were heavy rains on the7th and 8th, but the infantry corps reached Middletown on the morning °fthe 9th, received supplies, crossed the mountains that day, and at its closethe right was at Boonsboro’, and the left at Rohrersville, on the roads t°Hagerstown and Williamsport . By this time the Potomac was swollen an 01impassable. On the 10th Meade continued his advance, and received infor-mation that the enemy had occupied a line extending from near Falfio#Waters, through Downsville to Funkstown, which he was intrenching. Tfi[ sat 1 p. m. he reported to Halleck, informing him at the same time that h lScavalry had driven that of Lee to within a mile of Funkstown, and that h ewould next day move cautiously until he had developed the enemy’s forceand position. Halleck, at 9 p. m., sent him a cipher dispatch as follows:
“ I think it will be best for you to postpone a general battle till you can concentrate all y° urforces and get up your reserves and reinforcements ; I will push on the troops as fast asarrive. It would be well to have staff-officers at the Monocacy, to direct the troops arri' wn £where to go, and to see that they are properly fitted out. They should join you by f° r °inarches. Beware of partial combats. Bring up and hurl upon the enemy all your f°i ceS ’good and bad.”