Order
Irvine out on the Saint George, July 21, 1861
HEADQUARTERS RINGGOLD CAVALRY,
Grafton, Va., July 21, 1861.
I was ordered by General Hill on the 7th of July to take twenty-five
men of the Ringgold Cavalry to serve as mounted scouts under command of Colonel Irvine, of the Sixteenth Ohio, and reported my command to him on the same night. Colonel Irvine was then posted near Cheat River Bridge. I remained attached to his command until Monday, the 15th of July. On the morning of the 8th six men of my command were sent
by order of Colonel Irvine out on the Saint George
road, sometimes called the Horseshoe Run road, that intersects the
Northwestern turnpike at Red House, to Rinehart's School-House. They
remained there until Saturday, the 13th, when they were ordered by Colonel Irvine to come into his camp at West Union, which they did the same
afternoon. I had ascertained trom persons living on the Saint George
Northwestern turnpike at Red House, to Rinehart's School-House. They
remained there until Saturday, the 13th, when they were ordered by Colonel Irvine to come into his camp at West Union, which they did the same
afternoon. I had ascertained trom persons living on the Saint George
road before mentioned that the rebels were retreating, and would be
through on that road from Saint George to Red House on Saturday
night or Sunday, and reported the same to Colonel Irvine. I told him I
thought it important that scouts should be sent out in that direction,
through on that road from Saint George to Red House on Saturday
night or Sunday, and reported the same to Colonel Irvine. I told him I
thought it important that scouts should be sent out in that direction,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Grafton, Va.. Summary: Colonel Irvine commands Ringgold Cavalry scouts to monitor rebel movements along the Saint George road, reporting a Confederate retreat to inform Union military strategy in July 1861.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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