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moted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After Gettysburg
the army returned to Virginia, soon moving east of the Blue
Ridge and placing itself in front of Gen. Meade, the new
Federal commander. The Tenth, now of George H. Steuart's
brigade, Edward Johnson's division, engaged in a hot fight
with the Federal general, French, on November 27, at Mine
Run, losing several men in killed and wounded. This was
supposed to be the prelude to a bloody battle, for which
great preparations were made, but Meade finally concluded
not to risk it. Thus ended the campaign of 1863. The Army
of Northern Virginia went into winter quarters near Orange
Court House.
About the 1st of May, 1864, Gen. Grant, now in supreme
command of the Army of the Potomac, began to move. The
first important battle was fought May 5, in which the Tenth
again lost heavily in killed and wounded, among the former
being Col. Warren* and Major I. G. Coffman, leaving the writer
the only field officer of the regiment. On the evening of
May 10 the enemy captured part of our works, which the
Tenth helped to recapture from them. On the 12th of May
Gen. Hancock, of the Federals, made his famous assault on
our works, capturing nearly all of Johnson's division, includ-
ing the 10th Va. and the writer. The brave adjutant of the
Aregiment, Whit. Kisling, was killed in this fight. small
remnant of the regiment, under command of that veteran,
Capt. W. B. Yancey, took part in several skirmishes until he
was permanently disabled by a severe wound.
Shortly after May 12, 1864, the Tenth was made part of a
new brigade under Gen. Wm. Terry, being later moved to
the Valley, whence, under Gen. Early, it again went into
Maryland to threaten Washington, in process of which it took
4. Edward Tiffin Harrison Warren was born in Rockingham, June 19,
1829. At Frescati, Orange County, be married Virginia Magruder, De-
cember 5, 1855. His son, James Magruder Warren, was a prominent
physician in the 80's and 90's at New Hope and Bridgewater. Col. Warren
was a practicing lawyer at Harrisonburg at the outbreak of the war.
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moted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After Gettysburg
the army returned to Virginia, soon moving east of the Blue
Ridge and placing itself in front of Gen. Meade, the new
Federal commander. The Tenth, now of George H. Steuart's
brigade, Edward Johnson's division, engaged in a hot fight
with the Federal general, French, on November 27, at Mine
Run, losing several men in killed and wounded. This was
supposed to be the prelude to a bloody battle, for which
great preparations were made, but Meade finally concluded
not to risk it. Thus ended the campaign of 1863. The Army
of Northern Virginia went into winter quarters near Orange
Court House.
About the 1st of May, 1864, Gen. Grant, now in supreme
command of the Army of the Potomac, began to move. The
first important battle was fought May 5, in which the Tenth
again lost heavily in killed and wounded, among the former
being Col. Warren* and Major I. G. Coffman, leaving the writer
the only field officer of the regiment. On the evening of
May 10 the enemy captured part of our works, which the
Tenth helped to recapture from them. On the 12th of May
Gen. Hancock, of the Federals, made his famous assault on
our works, capturing nearly all of Johnson's division, includ-
ing the 10th Va. and the writer. The brave adjutant of the
Aregiment, Whit. Kisling, was killed in this fight. small
remnant of the regiment, under command of that veteran,
Capt. W. B. Yancey, took part in several skirmishes until he
was permanently disabled by a severe wound.
Shortly after May 12, 1864, the Tenth was made part of a
new brigade under Gen. Wm. Terry, being later moved to
the Valley, whence, under Gen. Early, it again went into
Maryland to threaten Washington, in process of which it took
4. Edward Tiffin Harrison Warren was born in Rockingham, June 19,
1829. At Frescati, Orange County, be married Virginia Magruder, De-
cember 5, 1855. His son, James Magruder Warren, was a prominent
physician in the 80's and 90's at New Hope and Bridgewater. Col. Warren
was a practicing lawyer at Harrisonburg at the outbreak of the war.
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