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■p, ere it arrived on the 24th. Hill’s corps followed closely by the same route.
W< 'U, delayed by a fruitless pursuit of General Kelley’s force west of Martius-at r p'’ ^ 0111l< i the Gap obstructed by Meade, crossed the mountains farther upt hornton’s Gap, and joined the other corps in the vicinity of Culpeper.Kilpatrick’s cavalry, which had been sent by way of the Monterey pass,. °yed some of the enemy’s trains but had accomplished little in the wayinterrupting the passage of the river. The pontoons were again broughtSoii°» USe ’ au< ^ once more the Army of the Potomac entered upon “the sacredThe men were in excellent spirits and condition, and as they marched^ le bridges of boats at Harper’s Ferry and Berlin the men broke out0 the refrain, “Carry me back to old Virginuy.” Meade advanced tonrrenton and the Rappahannock, where he took position confronting Lee .adv° le ^ le season t‘°r operations had finally closed, Meade had pushed hisjj ailce to and beyond the Rapidan, the enemy giving up Culpeper Court*Kise, which Meade occupied as headquarters September 13th. J11 the 7th of October the enemy’s signal-flags, which were read by oura l-officers on Pony Mountain as ours no doubt were read by the enemy,a 111,111 icatod intelligence which indicated that General Lee was making^ Ridable movement. This proved to be a movement to his left withe evi dent purpose of turning our right flank. For reasons never fullya |l aiUe d nor understood, the whole Army of the Potomac, which had marchedj. 6 t le way from Gettysburg for the purpose of engaging Lee , was ordered to^^6at. Jt fell back in good order, certainly, but without apparent occasion.ei Passing the Rappahannock, General Meade ordered a halt and directed
the n e I? S 011 ^' Ue 25th of September, on receipt of Army of the Potomac for service in Tennessee Q<- ., ® Of Koseerniia’ci rlnfonf. at Olii^lrQmnnnrn 11 , wl ov TTnnlriil* Tll6 transfer Of tlieS6 tl’OOpS
that th™ ri°^ ^ oseci 'ans’s defeat at Chickamauga, under Hooker.
(Howa 6 !. el ' mnent withdrew the Eleventh Corps was a notable achievement of the Quartermaster-r s ) and the Twelfth (Slocum’s) from the General’s Department.— Editoes.