1862 October 28 Purcellville 9 P.M.

[from the dispatch book of General Alfred Pleasonton]

         Hd.Qrs. Cav. Brigade
              Purcellville, Oct 28. 9 P.M.
To General R. B. Marcy
       Chief of Staff--
My scouts are back from Aldie
& Middleburg--No rebel troops
at either place--about 100
paroled wounded & sick--a
rebel doctor in charge at Aldie
showed the officer an order of
Gen. Lee's dated at Winchester
Oct. 27. directing him to remove
the sick & wounded from Aldie
& Middleburg to Winchester--&
to impress wagons for their trans=
portation--this my officer
prohibited--& some of Sigel's
cavalry coming up, he left
them on picket there to
prevent it--
                 Walkers brigade
is between Upperville &

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& Middleburg.
The Georgia battalion of cavalry
some 800 strong, is at Union-
at Snickerville Gap there's
two guns & a brigade of
infantry in the mountains--
   the roads are fine & the
country rolling & open about here.
       In my dispatch of
6.30 P.M. I should have said
Longstreet, Hill & Jackson,
were at Bunker Hill, instead
of Winchester--
   The cavalry driven out
of Hillsborough yesterday was
White's independent cavalry--
    The rebel troops in this
valley are evidently on foraging
expeditions--The people generally
are strong secesh--
           Very respectfuly
               A. Pleasonton
                      Brig Gen

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