General D. H. Hill's division will form the rear-guard of the army,
pursuing the road taken by the main body. The reserve artillery,
ordinance and supply trains, etc., will precede General Hill.
Dick gasped and he heard someone calling again to him to come, but he
read on:
General Stuart will detach a squadron of cavalry to accompany the
commands of Generals Longstreet, Jackson and McLaws, and with the main
body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army, bringing up all
the stragglers that may have been left behind.
The commands of General Jackson, McLaws and Walker, after accomplishing
the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of
the army at Boonsborough or Hagerstown.
Each regiment on the march will habitually carry its axes in the
regimental ordnance wagons, for use of the men at their encampments,
to procure wood, etc.
R. H. CHILTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Dick clutched the paper in his hands and for the moment his throat seemed
to contract so tightly that he could not breathe.
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