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The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North (search)
s. The force engaged was composed mostly of Western men, who did their duty nobly, as is evidenced by their fighting a foe more than five times their number for five hours, and then retreating in order, excepting, one or two regiments which were completely surrounded and compelled to take to the mountains, many of whom made their way back to the division. The Seventh Indiana regiment did noble duty, holding their position on the right for four hours against a vastly superior force. Colonel Gavin repeatedly charging and driving the enemy like sheep. They left Fredericks burg with only three hundred the remainder being left along the route, sick and disabled, and after the fight they mustered about one hundred and forty, losing more than half their force. The Twenty-ninth and Sixty-sixth Oldo regiments also lost heavily. After Monday's fight, it is understood, Jackson took the road towards Stanardsville, passing through the gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in a line for