Excerpt from Reports of the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia, Vol. 2 of 2: From June 1862, to and Including the Battle at Fredericksburg, Dec, 13, 1862
General: I have the honor herewith to submit to you a report of the operations of my command in the battle of Cedar Run, on the 9th day of August, 1862:
Intelligence having reached the commanding General that Gordonsville was endangered by the approach of the enemy, I was ordered to move in that direction with Ewell"s and Jackson"s divisions, from my position on the Mechanicsville turnpike, near Richmond. I arrived near Gordonsville on the 19th day of July. From information received respecting the strength of the opposing Federal army, under General Pope. I requested the commanding General to reinforce me. He accordingly sent forward Major General A. P. Hill, with his division. On the 2nd of August, whilst Colonel (now Brigadier General) W E Jones, by direction of Brigadier General Robertson, was moving with the seventh Virginia cavalry to take charge of picket posts on the Rapidan, he received intelligence, before he reached Orange Court-House, that the enemy was in possession of the town, Finding the main street filled with Federal cavalry, Colonel Jones boldly charged the head of the Federal column, whilst its flank was attacked by another portion of the regiment, under Major Marshall. Both attacks were successful and the enemy was hastily driven from the town; but as our cavalry was vastly outnumbered, it was soon after forced to fall back, in consequence of the enemy"s greatly superior force in front, and the fire from his flanking parties. Upon Colonel Jones" subsequent show of resistance, near where the engagement commenced, the enemy retired a short distance, and about an hour afterwards retreated.
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