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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
The battle of Port Republic was fought on the next day,
June 9, but the Tenth did not become engaged, though hurried
Ato the front to join in the attack upon Shields. few days
after Fremont and Shields had been disposed of, Gen. Jackson
was ordered east to join Gen. Lee in the defence of Richmond.
Marching to Mechum's River, he went thence by rail to
Beaver Dam; thence marched to the scene of the conflict,
which culminated in seven days of desperate fighting, Mc-
Clellan to capture, Lee to save, Richmond. However, from
the time the Tenth reached its destination until the end of
the struggle, it did not fire a gun, being held in reserve; but
it was exposed for a time to damage from the exploding
shells of the enemy at Malvern Hill, while supporting a bat-
tery, two or three men being slightly wounded.
Soon after the close of this part of the campaign Gen.
Jackson with his corps was ordered to Gordonsville to look
after the redoubtable Federal general, John Pope. On the
8th of August (1862), a few miles south of Culpeper Court
House, near or at Slaughter's Mountain, called by the Con-
federates Cedar Run, the first encounter took place between
Jackson and Pope, resulting in a hard-fought battle, with vic-
tory for a time trembling in the balance, llie Tenth, under
command of Major Stover, was in the fray from start to finish,
suffering a considerable loss in killed and wounded. After
this battle the troops followed Pope's discomfited army, ex-
pecting to give him battle before he could recross the Rap-
pahannock; but this plan failed from some cause. The next
move was to cross the Rappahannock and give him battle.
For Jackson, the next thing was to move up the river,
cross its two branches, pass around Pope's right, and move
on Manassas Junction, thus getting completely in Pope's rear
—a very daring and desperate move, resulting in a three days
battle, the Second Manassas. In all this the 10th Virginia
took an active part, losing heavily in killed and wounded.
Among the latter were Lt.-Col. Walker and Major Stover.
On the second day. Col. Warren being absent, the command
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The battle of Port Republic was fought on the next day,
June 9, but the Tenth did not become engaged, though hurried
Ato the front to join in the attack upon Shields. few days
after Fremont and Shields had been disposed of, Gen. Jackson
was ordered east to join Gen. Lee in the defence of Richmond.
Marching to Mechum's River, he went thence by rail to
Beaver Dam; thence marched to the scene of the conflict,
which culminated in seven days of desperate fighting, Mc-
Clellan to capture, Lee to save, Richmond. However, from
the time the Tenth reached its destination until the end of
the struggle, it did not fire a gun, being held in reserve; but
it was exposed for a time to damage from the exploding
shells of the enemy at Malvern Hill, while supporting a bat-
tery, two or three men being slightly wounded.
Soon after the close of this part of the campaign Gen.
Jackson with his corps was ordered to Gordonsville to look
after the redoubtable Federal general, John Pope. On the
8th of August (1862), a few miles south of Culpeper Court
House, near or at Slaughter's Mountain, called by the Con-
federates Cedar Run, the first encounter took place between
Jackson and Pope, resulting in a hard-fought battle, with vic-
tory for a time trembling in the balance, llie Tenth, under
command of Major Stover, was in the fray from start to finish,
suffering a considerable loss in killed and wounded. After
this battle the troops followed Pope's discomfited army, ex-
pecting to give him battle before he could recross the Rap-
pahannock; but this plan failed from some cause. The next
move was to cross the Rappahannock and give him battle.
For Jackson, the next thing was to move up the river,
cross its two branches, pass around Pope's right, and move
on Manassas Junction, thus getting completely in Pope's rear
—a very daring and desperate move, resulting in a three days
battle, the Second Manassas. In all this the 10th Virginia
took an active part, losing heavily in killed and wounded.
Among the latter were Lt.-Col. Walker and Major Stover.
On the second day. Col. Warren being absent, the command
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