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Five days of rest, more or less

The brigade left its camp at sunrise on Wednesday, July 15, 1863, and marched thirteen miles, passing through Martinsburg. They finally camped at Bunker Hill, a hamlet beside the Winchester Pike, on Mill Creek, a tributary of Opequan Creek. The … Continue reading

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The Journey: March to Culpeper Court House

June 2, 1863. “Tuesday. Clear and warm. Our Brigade moved out of Fredericksburg tonight at 10 p.m.,” Spartan Band diarist William H. Hill wrote. “They went into camp near the Cot house on Telegraph [road] about 4 miles from town.” … Continue reading

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