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TO THE

SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

AND TO THE

MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEPARTED,

AS WELL AS

TO ALL THE HEROIC MEN, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD, WHO

HASTENED TO THE RESCUE OF THEIR IMPERILED

COUNTRY IN THE HOUR OF HER NEED,

THIS VOLUME,

WHICH RECORDS THE EVENTS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST DECISIVE CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY THE AUTHOR.

PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

THE Publisher wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Brigadier-General M. R. Patrick, Provost-Marshal-General of the Army of the Potomac, and at present Governor of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio, who kindly loaned the originals from which the "gravures" of Generals Meade, Hancock, and Lee were made. The kindness is all the more appreciated from the fact that the originals are souvenirs, presented to General Patrick by the distinguished personages themselves, and have never before been given to the public. The pen and ink sketch of General Meade, on page 241, was made by Colonel C. H. T. Collis, just before the Wilderness campaign, and was pronounced by General Meade the best likeness of himself yet made.

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W. J. SHUEY.

CONTENTS.

Page.

The Armies in Motion; Rout of General Milroy at Winchester.

Positions Occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies - Indica-
tions of an Aggressive Movement by the Confederates - General
Hooker wide awake to the Emergency-Informs the Government
of the Threatened Invasion - Withdrawal of Lee's Army from

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