Station, and there ascertained that a strong force of the enemy,

consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, was posted at the

South Anna bridges. These troops had gone there from Richmond en

route to reinforce Lee. In the face of this impediment Custer's

mission could not be executed fully, so he returned to Baltimore

The whole command was drawn in by noon of the 22d, and that day it

crossed the Pamunkey by Merritt's reconstructed bridge, marching to

Ayletts, on the Mattapony River, the same night. Here I learned from

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