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Army of Northern Virginia, May 28th, 1864. [from our own Correspondent.]
Yesterday morning found Grant on the north side of the North Anna river, moving rapidly down its banks towards the Pamunkey.
Scouts who have just come in say that Grant concluded to pull up stakes on Thursday.
Accordingly all that day and night his troops were in motion.
Sheridan made a junction with Grant on Wednesday night, and the next morning early he started ahead of the main body of the army with a large pontoon train, moving towards Mangohick and Dabney's Ferry the infantry forces following rapidly in his wake.
During last night the enemy attacked our pickets with a line of battle; but the attack was feebly made and easily repulsed.
Yesterday morning there was also some picket firing and skirmishing between the enemy's rear guard and our line of skirmishers.
But it amounted to nothing.
The enemy have, I think, evacuated all the country between the Junction and the Rappahannock river, in