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PROVOST GUARD AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC (114TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY). FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
BY MAIiTIN T. McMAIION, BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL, U. S. V.
I'HE chief events of this chapter in the history of the Army of thePotomac were the pursuit of Lee to Virginia , the affair of the Vermontri gade at Beaver Creek, in Maryland , the cavalry engagements at Hagers-* nvri and Williamsport , the action at Bristoe Station, the taking of theta Ppaliaunock redoubts, the movement to Mine Bun, and the Kilpatrick-ahlgren raid to Richmond .
After the battle of Gettysburg two corps of the army, the First and the' fxth, under Major-General John Sedgwick , pressed Lee’s retreating forces0 tile pass at Fairfield. [See maps, Vol. III., pp. 381 and 382.] A strong rear-SUard field the pursuit in check, compelling frequent formations of the lead-Xll g brigades in line of battle. Every house and barn along our route ofttiareh was filled with wounded Confederates. Lee passed through the|j i0,Uj tains in the night of July 5th. One brigade, General T. H. Neill’s, wasbailed by General Sedgwick to follow and observe the enemy’s movements,the rest of the corps rejoined the main body of the army in the neighbor-ed of Ennnitsburg, crossed the Catoctin range at Hamburg, and came upone enemy at Beaver Creek July 10th, 1863. At this point it seemed thatee Extended to make a decided stand. His position was a strong one, andApparently was held by a sufficient number of troops. The Vermont bri-®Ade, under Colonel L. A. Grant, was ordered to the front as skirmishers and[‘PUyed in a piece of woods covering a front of about half a mile. The rest
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