1862 October 30 Purcellville, 4 a.m.

[from the dispatch book of General Alfred Pleasonton]

        Hd. Qrs. Cav. Brigade
         Purcellville Oct 30, 4 a.m.
To General R. B. Marcy
       Chief of Staff
General
Have just rc'd a dispatch
from Gen Bayard near Aldie
who says that Col Wyndham
drove the enemies pickets
out of Upperville to-day-no
infantry there--It is reported
to have gone to Snickersville
                 Bayard states that
tomorrow he marches thro' Hope
ville pass on Middleburg-
  If Longstreet was at
Middleburg last night & has
not returned to the Blue Ridge
Bayard will meet him at
Middleburg unless Longstreet
has made for Thoroughfare Gap
on his way to Manassas--
I have mentioned this to
Bayard--A. Pleasonton
                Brig. Gen &

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