On the 11th, started at 11 A.M. and marched to Cedar Creek, 15 miles.
On the 12th, started at 8 A.M. and moved 4 miles to West of Strasburg.
On the 13th, 2 P.M., moved from Strasburg to Middletown, 6 miles,
arriving at 6 P.M.
On the 14th, 6 A.M., to Front Royal, fording the Shenandoah, 12 miles.
Quartered in rebel hospital.
On the 15th, whole of Shields' Division at Middletown.
On the 16th, marched with the supply train over the Blue Ridge, 10
miles toward Warrenton, stopping at 6 P.M.
On the 17th, marched from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., 15 miles.
On the 18th, 6 A.M., passing through Warrenton; stopped at 6 P.M., 12
miles.
On the 19th, 6 A.M., arrived at Duryea's camp 11 A.M., 6 miles.
On the 20th, at Catlett Station.
On the 21st, 6 A.M., 18 miles.
22d, 6 A.M., 14 miles, stopping at 3 P.M. Went into camp opposite
Fredericksburg.
23d, portion of army reviewed by President Lincoln. 84th not in review.
As soon as Lee learned of the withdrawal of Shields' Division from the
Valley, he started Jackson after Banks. Ewell and Jackson, combined,
numbered over twenty thousand. Banks had about four thousand men. The
first attack was at Winchester, on the 25th, and Banks was pressed,
without regard to convenience of movement, until he was over the
Potomac.
Shields' Division had been in front of Fredericksburg but three days,
when on the