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MEMOIRS
OF
RHODE ISLAND OFFICERS
WHO WERE
ENGAGED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT REBELLION OF THE SOUTH.
ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-FOUR PORTRAITS.
BY JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT. SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
PROVIDENCE : SIDNEY S. RIDER & BROTHER. 1867.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island.
Printed by PROVIDENCE PRESS COMPANY, 16 Weybosset street, Providence, R. I.
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PREFACE.
IN preparing this volume to commemorate the services of Rhode Island officers during the late rebellion, the author has, for obvious reasons, confined his sketches of living officers to such as held commands either of regiments or batteries. He thus embraces only those of the following grades, viz. :
Major-generals and brigadier-generals.
Colonels commanding regiments or otherwise in command.
Captains of batteries of light artillery.
As the batteries of light artillery were generally detached from their regiments, and not under the direct command of a colonel, it seems proper that the services of each should be mentioned, otherwise several that served in distant campaigns would be left without notice. Besides, the services they rendered were so important that they deserve a prominent place in every history of the war.
With the officers who have fallen in battle, the case is different. These patriotic men claim from the state a full and separate acknowledgment of their services. The author has, therefore, endeavored to present sketches of all the commissioned officers belonging to Rhode Island who have fallen during the war, alike of those who were killed in action, and of those who died of the wounds they received or disease contracted in the service. Of several of these he has failed to obtain full particulars, although he has made every effort to do so. Of some of the fallen, the memorials are necessarily more extended than the sketches of the living. Of others of whom no details have been fur- nished, he has been able to give only the parentage, birth-place, age, place of education, ocenpation previous to entering the service, date of enlistment, dates of promotion, and the circumstances of their death.
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IV.
PREFACE.
Of some of the living officers whose services are mentioned, the author regrets that he has been unable to present further details. No materials were furnished by these officers, and the author was compelled to seek information principally in official reports. These sketches, though brief, will be found to contain the most important facts respecting the officers to whom they relate.
It might be supposed that in a series of biographical sketches like the present, the officers of the highest rank should have the precedence. But even if this arrangement had been adopted, it could not have been carried out without causing great delay, inas- much as the materials for the sketches of some officers of high rank were not received until the volume was nearly printed.
The author has made free use of the " Official Register of Rhode Island Officers and Soldiers who served in the United States Army and Navy from 1861 to 1866," particu- larly for the dates of appointment, promotions, casualties and military operations. This " Register " is a most creditable volume to the gentleman who prepared it. He is also indebted to Mr. E. W. Stone's " Rhode Island in the Rebellion," for the notices of several of our fallen officers. He embraces this opportunity, also, to make his acknowledgments to officers, and to friends of officers, who have furnished him with some of the memorials in this volume, and who have otherwise aided him in the collection of facts and in arrang- ing them for the press.
Of the cavalry officers no sketches are given, for the reason that some of the officers could not be found, and that others did not comply with the request made to them for materials. In the sketch of General Duffie, however, who commanded the first cavalry, many particulars will be found of the services of that regiment. Those interested in the history of this branch of the service, will find a detailed account of the service of each regiment in the Official Register before referred to.
Of the naval officers from Rhode Island who distinguished themselves in the war, the author was desirous to give some sketches, but no officers from this state had com- mand in any of the great battles which gained so much glory for the country. We had officers in the great naval actions at New Orleans and Mobile, and in the successful attacks on the forts at Port Royal and Charleston, and on Fort Fisher. We had officers, too, con- nected with all the naval operations on our coast, in which they rendered important service. But it did not seem proper to single out a particular officer and give his history apart from the general history of the battle or the operations in which he was engaged. These form a part of the general history of the war. A few sketches of naval officers were prepared, but as no completeness could be given to this branch of the service, it was deemed advisable to omit them all. Of the naval officers, however, who fell in the service, full notices have been given.
PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Ex-Governor William Sprague.
105
Ex-Governor James Y. Smith.
161
Brevet Major-General Richard Arnold.
95
Major-General Silas Casey.
139
Major-General George S. Greene.
165
Major General I. I. Stevens.
443
Brevet Brigadier-General John G. Hazard.
383
Brigadier-General Alfred N. Duffie.
209
Brigadier-General Isaae P. Rodman.
357
Brevet Brigadier-General James Shaw, Jr.
185
Brevet Brigadier-General Charles H. Tompkins.
373
Brevet Colonel George W. Adams ..
414
Colonel William Ames.
241
Colonel Nathaniel W. Brown.
147
Colonel George E. Church.
293
Brevet Colonel D. Archie Pell.
257
Colonel Elisha H. Rhodes.
333
Colonel Horatio Rogers, Jr.
305
Colonel John S. Slocum.
121
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Crawford Allen, Jr.
402
Lieutenant-Colonel T. Frederic Brown.
393
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph B. Curtis.
225
Lieutenant-Colonel Welcome B. Sayles.
430
Major Jacob Babbitt.
265
Major Sullivan Ballou.
249
Captain Levi Tower.
127
Lieutenant Erasmus S. Bartholomew.
344
Lieutenant Munroe H. Gladding.
179
Lieutenant Peter Hunt.
171
Lieutenant Henry A. Prescott.
131
Lieutenant Robert Rhodes, United States Navy.
297
Ensign Frank G. Adams, United States Navy.
317
Landing of the Roanoke Expedition at Roanoke Island.
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His Excellency Ambrose E. Burnside, Governor of Rhode Island.
363
Brevet Major-General Frank Wheaton.
MEMOIRS.
PAGE.
Ex-Governor William Sprague. -
105
Ex-Governor James Y. Smith.
161
Brevet Major-General Richard Arnold, U. S. Army.
363
Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Volunteers.
9
Major-General Silas Casey, U. S. Army. -
95
Major-General George S. Greene, U. S. Army.
139
* Major-General I. I. Stevens, U. S. Volunteers.
165
Brevet Major-General Frank Wheaton, U. S. Army.
433
Brevet Brigadier-General John G. Hazard, U. S. Volunteers, -
383
* Brigadier-General Isaae P. Rodman, U. S. Volunteers.
357
Brevet Brigadier-General James Shaw, Jr., U. S. Volunteers.
185
Brevet Brigadier-General Charles H. Tompkins, U. S. Volunteers. Brevet Brigadier-General Nelson Viall, U. S. Volunteers.
339
Brevet Brigadier-General Henry T. Sisson, U. S. Volunteers.
325
Brevet Brigadier-General Nathan Goff, Jr., U. S. Volunteers.
423
Brevet Colonel George W. Adams, Commander of Battery A.
414
Colonel William Ames, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
241
Colonel Zenas R. Bliss, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers. -
267
Colonel George H. Browne, Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers.
426
* Colonel Nathaniel W. Brown, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. -
147
Colonel Charles R. Brayton, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
331
Colonel George E. Church, Seeond Rhode Island Volunteers.
293
Brevet Colonel Martin P. Buffum, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers.
243
* Colonel Sylvester G. Hill, Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteers.
447
Colonel Edwin Metcalf, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
252
Brevet Colonel D. Archic Pell. -
257
Brevet Colonel George E. Randolph, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery E. -
408
Colonel Elisha H. Rhodes, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. - 333
Colonel Horatio Rogers, Jr., Seeond Rhode Island Volunteers. 305
* Colonel John S. Slocum, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. - 121
Colonel William HI. P. Steere, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers. -
199
Colonel Georgo W. Tew, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. - 320
* DECEASED OFFICERS.
373
Briagdier-General Alfred N. Duffie, U. S. Volunteers. -
209
MEMOIRS.
VII.
PAGE.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Crawford Allen, Jr., Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery H.
420
Lieutenant-Colonel T. Frederic Brown, Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B. 393
* Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph B. Curtis, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers. - 225
Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Monroe, Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D. - 405
Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Reynolds, Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery A. - 387
Lientenant-Colonel John A. Tompkins, Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery A. 391 430
* Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Sayles, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers.
* Lieutenant-Commander Thomas P. Ives, U. S. Navy.
273
* Major Jacob Babbitt, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers. 265
* Major Sullivan Ballon, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. 249
Brevet Major Harry C. Cushing, Fourth U. S. Artillery. 424
* Brevet Major Peleg E. Peckham, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers. -
362 410
* Surgeon William T. Thurston, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. - 181
* Captain William P. Ainsworth, First Rhode Island Cavalry.
446
Captain William Albert Arnold, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery A.
391
Captain James Belger, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F.
412
Captain W. W. Buckley, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D. 405
* Captain Francis B. Ferris, Twelfth Illinois Volunteers. 445
* Captain Charles W. Gleason, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. 448
Captain Jeffrey Hazard, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery H.
418
* Captain Isaae D. Kenyon, Twenty-first Connecticut Volunteers.
449 370
* Captain Joseph MeIntyre, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
452
* Captain A. Richmond Rawson, Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. 157
* Captain John P. Shaw, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. - 155 220
* Captain Henry Simon, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers.
412
* Captain Edwin K. Sherman, Second Rhode Island Volunteers .. 449
* Captain Samnel J. Smith, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. 129 159 * Captain Charles Tillinghast, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers. 127
400
* Lieutenant Clarke E. Bates, Second Rhode Island Volunteers. -
* Lientenant E. S. Bartholomew, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
344
* Lientenant Jabez B. Blanding, Twenty-first U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps.
436 437
* Lientenant Thomas H. Carr, Second Rhode Island Volunteers.
443
* Lieutenant Joseph A. Chedell, Jr., First Rhode Island Cavalry.
440
* Lieutenant Darius J. Cole, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers.
444
* Lieutenant James Farley, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers.
446
* Lieutenant George W. Field, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers. 261
* Lieutenant IIenry C. Fitts, Third Rhode Island Cavalry. 425
* Lieutenant Monroe H. Gladding, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
179
* Lieutenant Lorenzo D. Gove, First Rhode Island Cavalry. 441
* Lieutenant Charles D. Hammett, Jr., Third Rhode Island Cavalry. 184
* Lieutenant Henry Holbrook, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. 443
* Lientenant Stephen M. Hopkins, Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers. 449
* DECEASED OFFICERS.
396 446
* Lieutenant Richard A. Briggs, Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers.
* Lieutenant George Carpenter, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
178
* Captain Howard Greene, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers.
Captain Thomas Simpson, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F.
* Captain Levi Tower, Second Rhode Island Volunteers.
Captain Richard Waterman, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C. Captain William B. Weeden, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C.
Brevet Major William B. Rhodes, Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery E.
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MEMOIRS.
PAGE.
* Lieutenant William Ware Hall, Fifth Rhode Island Volunteers,
207
* Lieutenant Peter Hunt, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery A. 171
* Lieutenant Robert lfale Ives, Jr., Staff of Brigadier-General I. P. Rodman. 350
* Lieutenant Charles H. Kellen, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers. 451
* Lieutenant Benjamin E. Kelley, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery G.
439
* Lieutenant John K. Knowles, Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers.
451
* Lieutenant Charles E. Lawton, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
452
* Lieutenant Walter B. Manton, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. 153
* Lieutenant Samuel MeIlroy, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers.
223
* Lieutenant Frederick Metcalf, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
442
* Lieutenant Joseph S. Milne, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B.
4 19
* Lieutenant Henry L. Nicolai, First Rhode Island Cavalry. -
450
* Lieutenant William H. Perry, Second Rhode Island Volunteers.
447
* Lieutenant Henry R. Pierce, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
432
* Lieutenant Henry A. Prescott, First Rhode Volunteers.
131
* Lieutenant James M. Pendleton, Jr., Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers.
197
* Lieutenant Charles A. Sawyer, First Rhode Island Cavalry.
451
* Lientenant Albert L. Smith, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers.
451
* Lieutenant Stephen H. Southwick, Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers.
438
* Lieutenant James P. Taylor, First Rhode Island Cavalry.
448
* Lieutenant George F. Turner, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. 263
444
* Lieutenant Robert Rhodes, United States Navy. - 297
* Ensign Frank G. Adams, United States Navy, 317
* Master's Mate George W. Cole, United States Navy. 445
Ilistory of the First Rhode Island Regiment.
115
* Lieutenant William W. Prouty, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
183
* Lieutenant James A. Wade, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.
* DECEASED OFFICERS.
V
AMBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE.
I.
EARLY LIFE AND SERVICES.
MBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE was born at Liberty, Union county, Indiana, on the 23d day of May, 1824, and was, consequently, in the full prime of his early manhood when the War for the Union commenced. He is of the old blood that flowed in the veins of heroes at Bannockburn and Flodden Field, and which, in many a hotly-contested battle, has proved the Scotch to be among the best soldiers in the world.
His grand-parents were born in Scotland, but, removing to America near the close of the last century, settled in South Carolina. Here General Burnside's father was born, and educated. In the early part of the present century, the great fields of the West attracted the attention of the citizens of the old states. Mr. Burnside early felt the influence, and in the year 1813 he removed with his family to what is now the town of Liberty. There, following the profession of law, he acquired a respectable reputation as a counsellor, and enjoyed a large and profitable practice. We find him honor- ably and creditably filling the offices of clerk and judge of the probate court, in his new home.
The son, AMBROSE, was carefully nurtured, and received his elementary education in the best schools of the neighborhood. He was admitted to the military academy at West Point in his eighteenth year, and was graduated in 1847, in the artillery, the fifteenth in rank, in a class numbering forty-seven members. In the following year he received a full second-lieutenantey, and
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was attached to the third regiment of artillery. During his stay at West Point, the war with Mexico commenced, and immediately upon his gradua- tion, he proceeded to the scene of action. On his arrival at Vera Cruz, Lieutenant Burnside was put in command of an escort to a baggage-train, and sent into the interior. Although the route was in the nominal possession of the United States troops, the Mexicans, by a guerilla warfare, which they continually carried on, had succeeded in cutting off or disabling several trains that had previously been sent.
The duty was hazardous, and the post responsible ; but the young lieutenant carried his small command through without injury, and manifested so much fidelity and skill as to win the commendation of his superior officers. Before the column to which Lieutenant Burnside joined himself could reach the capital, the battles in front of the city of Mexico had been fought, and the war was virtually finished. Ile was thus deprived of the opportunity which he desired of participating, to any great extent, in the active operations of the armies in the field. When peace was proclaimed, he was ordered to Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, and was employed at that post imtil the spring of 1849. Ilis natural refinement of manner, his urbane deportment, and his frank and manly bearing, gained him many friends, and here he laid the foundation of that remarkable esteem with which he is regarded in the state of Rhode Island.
In the year 1849, he was transferred from the agreeable duty of the post at Fort Adams, and ordered to New Mexico, to join Bragg's famous battery, of which he was now appointed first-lieutenant. It was found that the country was not favorable for the operations of light artillery. Bragg's command was reorganized as cavalry, and Lieutenant Burnside was put in charge of a company. The service was very exciting and perilous, but our lieutenant acquitted himself with such coolness and bravery as to receive warm enconium for his conduct. He reached New Mexico on the Ist of August, and immediately went into active service. On the 2Ist of that month, while stationed near Los Vegas, with a force of twenty-nine men, he eame in contact with a band of Indians, sixty or seventy-five strong. He immediately determined to attack them; and, after a single discharge of their rifles, his men, led by their gallant commander, charged with sabres, and swept the Apaches like chaff before them. In this brief and brilliant engagement, eighteen Indians were killed, nine were taken prisoners, forty horses and all the supplies of the party were captured, and the whole band
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was effectually dispersed. The commander of the post, Captain Judd, com- plimented Burnside, in dispatches, in the highest terms, and recommended him for promotion.
In the winter of 1850-'51, we find Lieutenant Burnside acceptably filling the office of quartermaster of the boundary commission then occupied in running the line between the United States and Mexico, as established by the treaty of peace negotiated by the two nations. In September, 1851, he was ordered across the plains of the Far West, as bearer of dispatches to the government. It was a duty requiring the utmost vigilance, prudence, and persistence. It was necessary that the dispatches which he bore should reach Washington at the earliest possible moment. With an eseort of three men- one of whom was his faithful negro-servant, who has followed his fortunes for several years with singular devotion-he started on his difficult enterprise. Twelve hundred miles of wilderness, occupied by hostile Indians and wild beasts, lay between · him and civilization. He accomplished the distance in seventeen days, meeting with many adventures and hair-breadth escapes on the way. At one time a party of Indians was upon his trail for more than twenty-four hours, and he only escaped by taking advantage of the night to double upon his pursuers. He fully accomplished the object of his mission, and received the thanks of the authorities for his efficiency and success.
During his service in New Mexico, he had found that the earbine with which the troops were armed was a wholly inadequate weapon for the peculiar warfare of the plains. While upon his journey to Washington, he occupied his mind with an attempt to supply the defect. The result of his reflection and study was the invention of the new breech-loading rifle, which bears the name of its inventor, and seems almost a perfect weapon. Lieu- tenant Burnside was desirous that his own country should receive the benefit of his labors, and he offered to contract with the government for the manu- facture of the arm. Pending negotiation, he returned to his former post at Newport. While here, on the 27th of April, 1852, he was married to Miss Mary R. Bishop, of Providence.
The expectation of a contraet for the manufacture of the newly-invented rifle, and his marriage, deeided Lieutenant Burnside to leave the service, and he resigned his commission November 1, 1853. Removing to Bristol, he built a manufactory, and made all necessary arrangements for completing his busi- ness negotiations with the government. Unfortunately for him, the contract was not consummated ; and, after three or four years of struggle and loss, Mr.
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Burnside became so deeply involved and embarrassed as to prevent any further progress in his adopted occupation. He was still more embarrassed by the action of Jolin B. Floyd, who became secretary of war in 1857, and found himself compelled to withdraw entirely from the manufacture of arms. With characteristic high-mindedness, he gave up every thing which he possessed, including his patent, to his creditors ; and, selling even his uniform and sword, sought to retrieve his fortunes at the West. He went to Chicago, April 27th, 1858, and obtained a situation as cashier in the land department of the Illinois Central Railroad. His old friend and schoolfellow, Captain George B. MeClellan, occupied an honorable position in the same railroad company, and the two soldiers once more made their quarters together. Burnside, limiting his expenses to a certain amount, devoted the remainder of his salary to the payment of his debts; and when afterward he was enabled to free himself entirely from the claims of his creditors, his unblemished integrity in business was as conspicuous as his former gallantry in the field. In June, 1860, he was promoted to the office of treasurer of the railroad company.
The intelligence of the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the proclama- tion of the President of the United States awakened Mr. Burnside's patriot- ism, and he felt once more impelled to take the field. His country had given him his education, and he felt that to his country his life and services were due. ITis residence in Rhode Island had endeared him to the people of that gallant state, and he had already held the highest command of the state militia. When the first regiment of Rhode Island troops was offered to the secretary of war by the governor of that state, it was to him that all eyes turned for the command. He was appointed colonel, immediately closed his desk of business, and repaired to Providence. There, in connection with the governor, he devoted his time to the organization and equipment of the regiment ; and so effectively was the work performed, that on Thursday, April 18th, the light battery of six guns, and one hundred and fifty men, was embarked on board a steamer, and sailed to New York, on the way to Washington. On Saturday, the first detachment of the regiment, five hundred and forty-four officers and men-armed, uniformed, provisioned for a three weeks' campaign, and abun- dantly supplied with ammunition-left Providence by steamer. Transferred to the government transport Coatzocoalcos at New York, the command pro- ceeded to Annapolis without delay, arriving on Wednesday, April 23d.
On Thursday morning the troops took up the line of march, and, bivou- acking on the road, reached Annapolis Junction early on Friday morning.
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Taking cars at that point, they went on to Washington, reaching the capital at noon. The light battery, which had stopped at Easton, Pennsylvania, and the remainder of the regiment, arrived at Washington in the early part of the following week ; and twelve hundred Rhode Island men under the command of Colonel Burnside were thus ready for any emergency. The regiment, under the thorough discipline of its commander, soon took high rank in the army for character and efficiency. Its camp, located in the northern suburbs of the city, became a favorite place of resort, and was considered a model of its kind. The excellent reputation which the regiment had acquired, was mainly due to the unwearied efforts and the unceasing vigilance of its colonel. In June, the regiment joined General Patterson's column, intended for the reduction of Harper's Ferry ; but, on the evacuation of that place by the rebels, it was recalled to Washington, in anticipation of an attack upon the the capital.
Upon the advance toward Manassas in July, Colonel Burnside was placed in command of a brigade, consisting of four regiments and a battery, viz. : the first Rhode Island; the second Rhode Island, with its battery of light artillery, which had reached Washington in June; the second New Hamp- shire, which had also arrived in June ; and the seventy-first New York, which had accompanied the Rhode Island troops on the march from Annapolis, in April. Colonel Burnside had been offered a brigadier-generalship upon his first arrival at Washington, but had declined it, on the ground of duty to his own regiment and state. But when it became necessary to organize the army, preparatory to an advance into Virginia, he did not hesitate to accept the post which was now pressed upon him. His brigade was joined to the division under Colonel David Hunter, and with the rest of the army left Washington on Tuesday, July 16th. The division bivouacked at Annandale, and on Wednesday with Colonel Burnside's brigade in advance, pushed on to Fairfax Court House. On Thursday the whole army encamped at Centre- ville, after a skirmish between a part of General Tyler's division and the rebels at Blackburn's Ford. On Sunday morning, July 21st, the army moved toward Manassas Junction.
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