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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
In the afternoon of the 2d some Unionists gave notice to McReynolds that Jones and Robertson, after crossing the Potomac on the 1st of July on the pontons near Falling Waters, had left an insignificant guard at that place. The dull sound of the cannon had summoned to Gettysburg, since the previous day, all those detachments which the Confederate army had left behind. It was an excellent opportunity. One of McReynolds' regiments had started on the evening of the 2d, under the command of Major Foley, and by a rapid march had arrived at Falling Waters on the 3d. The surprise of the Confederates was complete; they dispersed, leaving about a dozen prisoners in the hands of the Federals. The platform of the bridge was burnt; the boats were cut loose and left to be swept away by the current. At the time when Pickett made his decisive charge the only safe means remaining to Lee for crossing into Virginia no longer existed. The following day it commenced raining; the waters of the Potom