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Vol. VII.

,, August 20th, 1863.

To Colonel, Chief of Staff, Army of Northern Virginia:

Colonel—I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of the cavalry division, Army of Northern Virginia, from the time of crossing the Rappahannock on the 16th day of June, 1863, to the 24th day of July, 1863, when, having recrossed the Blue Ridge after the Pennsylvania campaign, our pickets were re-established on the south bank of the Rappahannock.

After holding in check a cavalry force at least double our own for months, with a command stretched on the outposts from the