On the 11th, from Martinsburg at 8 A.M., reaching Bunker's Hill at 4
P.M., from there at 11 P.M., halting at 3 A.M. of the 12th, 18 miles
from Martinsburg and four from Winchester. At 8 A.M. advanced one-half
mile and formed line. Winchester occupied by Union troops. Artillery
fire kept up through the day of the 13th.
On the night of the 14th, tents arrived and were put up on the ground
known as Camp Kimball, two miles north of Winchester.
On the 18th, moved at 11 A.M., through Winchester, marching 14 miles in
the direction of Strasburg.
On the 19th, marched through Strasburg and three miles beyond, when it
was learned that Jackson had burned the bridge at Cedar Creek. Returned
to within one mile of Strasburg, and
On the 20th, our troops took up the march for Winchester, covering the
distance, 21 miles, through mud and rain, without a halt, and reaching
Camp Kimball at 8 P.M.
Banks now supposed that Jackson had departed with his army from the
Valley, and, in that belief, moved all his force, with the exception of
Shields' Division, east of the Blue Ridge, and, on the morning of the
22d, himself started for Washington. Only a few hours later, 4 P.M.,
and Ashby's artillery made known to Shields that Jackson had returned.
Shields immediately advanced a part of his Division, commanding in
person, with orders to Kimball, whose Brigade included the 84th, to
follow with the remainder to a point on the Pike two miles south of
Winchester.