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. -ommonly known ;is battle of Chancellors\ ille) ; May 41!). from Salem Church to Hamilton's Crossing, where it remained till 4th lime, when it marched fourteen mile-, and rejoined the regiment near (iuinea's station (on the Richmond and Fredericksburg rail- mad'; June 5th, marched ten miles and camped near Po. river; 6th, marched two miles; 7th, twenty miles and camped near Raccoon ford; sth. crossed the Rapidan, and after a march of fourteen miles i-amped near Culpeper Courthouse; nth, marched twenty-five miles to near Little Washington; i2th, eighteen miles and camped near Front Royal, west of the Blue Ridge; I3th, fifteen miles and camped near Kernstown; I4th, engaged in battle at Winchester; 1 5th, moved five miles north of Winchester; ijth, sixteen miles to Martinsburg; on i8th, back ten miles to Bunker's Hill; igth, to Shepherdstown, nineteen miles ; Monday, 22d, crossed, and after marching five miles camped near Sharpsburg; 23d, eighteen miles through Hagerstown, Md., and camped near Pennsylvania line; 24th, fifteen miles and camped near Chambersburg, Pa.; 26th, eleven miles to near Shippensburg; 27th, twenty miles and camped near Carlisle. Pa., where it remained till 28th; 29th, ten miles to- ward Shippensburg; 3oth, nine miles to the Baltimore pike leading to Gettysburg.

[At a camp near "Blue Run Church," on the 3ist August, the sketch of movements is resumed as follows :] July ist, marched twenty miles to Gettysburg ; 2d and 3d, engaged in battle lost fourteen men wounded and seven horses killed; 4th, fell back three miles with rest of the army; 5th, eight miles to Fairfield; 6th, crossed the mountain and marched twenty miles to Waynesboro, Pa.; 7th, twelve miles to Hagerstown, Md. ; Sth, Qth, and loth, remained in camp; nth, five miles, and took position in line of battle west 01 Hagerstown, and remained in position till the I2th; i3th, crossed the Potomac and marched eleven miles and camped near Martins- burg, Va., remaining here till I5th, when it marched ten miles to Darkesville, where it staid till evening of 2Oth, when it marched and camped one mile from Darkesville on the Winchester pike; 2ist, marched below Martinsburg and back to Bunker's Hill, twenty- three miles; 22d, twenty miles and camped near Newtown; 23d, twenty-two miles, through Front Royal, and camped ; 24th, nine miles to near Luray ; 25th, eight miles to top of Blue Ridge and camped; 27th, twelve miles and camped near Culpeper Courthouse, where it remained three days; 3ist, through and beyond Culpeper tour miles; August ist, sixteen miles and camped near Orange; 2d,