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and commanded my admiration.
Lieutenant-Colonel Blunt volunteered his services to me at Boonsboroa, and was, both there and at Sharpsburg, of material service to me. The medical department, in charge of Surgeon Cullen, were active and unremitting in the care of the wounded, and have my thanks for their humane efforts.
My party of couriers were zealous, active, and brave.
They are justly entitled to praise for the manly fortitude and courageous conduct shown by them in the trying scenes of the campaign.
The cavalry escort, commanded by Captain Doby, have my thanks for meritorious conduct and valuable aid. Captain Doby, Lieutenants Bonny and Matthieson, Sergeants Lee and Haile, and Corporals Whitaker and Salmond, were distinguished in the active and fearless performance of their arduous duties.
I am indebted to Colonel R. H. Chilton, Colonel Long, Majors Taylor, Marshall, Venable, and Talcott, and Captains Mason and Johnson, of the staff of the commanding General, for great courtesy and kindness in assisting me on the different battle-fields.
I respectfully ask the attention of the commanding General to the reports of division, brigade, and other commanders, and approve their high encomiums of their officers and men.
Reports of killed, wounded, and missing have already been forwarded.
I remain, sir, with respect,
Your obedient servant,
J. Longstreet, Lieutenant-General, commanding.
Report of General Jackson of operations from 15th August to 5th September, 1862.
Colonel: On opening General Jackson's trunk in Lexington, Virginia, we found in it the accompanying report of the operations of his command, from the fifteenth of August to fifth of September, 1862.
Also an unfinished report embracing operations of his command from fifth of September to the end of the Maryland campaign.
The unfinished report Lieutenant Smith, A. D. C., has. He intends giving it to Colonel Faulkner to finish; it will then be forwarded.
I am, Colonel, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. E. Morrison, A. D. C. to Lieutenant-General Jackson.
headquarters Second corps, A. N. V., April 27, 1863.
Brigadier-General R. H. Chilton, A. A. A. General, Headquarters Department A. N V.:
General: I have the honor herewith to submit to you a report of the operations of my command from the fifteenth of August to the fifth day of September, 1862, embracing the several engagements of Manassas Junction, Bristoe Station, Ox Hill, and so much of the battle of Groveton, on the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth of August as was fought by the troops under my command:
On the fifteenth of August, in obedience to instructions from the commanding General, I left my encampment near Gordonsville, and, passing Orange Court-House, encamped in the evening near Mount Pisgah Church, where I remained until the twentieth, when, in accordance with my instructions, whilst General Longstreet was crossing at Raccoon Ford, I crossed the same river at Somerville Ford.
The command encamped for the night near Stevensburg.
My command at this time comprised Ewell's, A. P. Hill's, and Jackson's divisions.
Ewell's was composed of the brigades of Generals Lawton, Early, Hays, (Colonel Forno commanding,) and Trimble, with the batteries of Brown, Dement, Latimer, Balthis, and D'Aquin.
A. P. Hill's division was composed of the brigades of Generals Branch, Gregg, Field, Pender, Archer, and Colonel Thomas, with the batteries of Braxton, Latham, Crenshaw, McIntosh, Davidson, and Pegram.
Jackson's division, commanded by Brigadier-General William B. Taliaferro, was composed of Winder's brigade, (Colonel Baylor commanding,) Colonel Campbell's brigade, (Major John Seddon commanding,) Brigadier-General William B. Taliaferro's brigade, (Colonel A. G. Taliaferro commanding,) and Starke's brigade, with the batteries of Brockenbrough, Wooding, Poague, Carpenter, Caskie, and Raines.
Major-General Stuart, with his cavalry, cooperated during the expedition, and I shall more than once have to acknowledge my obligations for the valuable and efficient aid which he rendered.
Early on the morning of the twenty-first, the command left its encampment and moved in the direction of Beverly's Ford, on the Rappahannock, General Taliaferro's command in the lead.
On approaching the ford, the enemy was seen on the opposite bank.
Batteries of that division, under the direction of Major Shumaker, chief of artillery, were placed in position, which, after a short resistance, (as reported by General Taliaferro,) silenced the enemy's guns, and dispersed his infantry.
Major-General Stuart had crossed with a portion of his cavalry, supported by some pieces of artillery, and, after skirmishing with the enemy a few hours, taking some prisoners and arms, returned with the information that the Federal forces were moving in strength upon his position, and were close at hand.
The enemy soon appeared on the opposite bank, and an animated firing was opened, and, to a considerable extent, kept up across the river for the rest of the day, between the Federal artillery and the batteries of Taliaferro's command.
On the following morning, (twenty-second,) the three divisions continued their march up the bank of the Rappahannock, General Ewell in the advance, and crossed Hazel River, one of its tributaries, at Wellford's Mill, near which General Trimble was left with his brigade to protect the flank of our wagon train from the enemy, who was moving up the north side of the Rappahannock, Brigadier-General R. H. Chilton, A. A. A. General, Headquarters Department A. N V.:
