The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 63
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CUMBERLAND GAP CAMPAIGN.
fast at or near Kincaid's, where water may be best obtained, after
which time the march will be resumed with caution.
II. The 100 cavalry under Lieutenant-Colonel Munday will be divided
into two equal bodies of 50 men each, one constituting the advance
guard of cavalry and the other the rear guard. The advance guard of
cavalry will march 600 paces in front of the advance guard of infantry,
and the artillery will march between the advance guard of five com-
panies of infantry and the remaining five companies of the regiment
from which the advance guard is detailed. The rear guard of cavalry
will march 600 paces in rear of the rear guard of infantry, and each of
the cavalry guards will throw out, the first to the front, the latter to
the rear, 10 vedettes, who will march, under command of a lieutenant
or sergeant, in twos, each two separate from those in front and rear.
This order of march will apply to all commands having cavalry. Mr.
Kincaid will act as guide to Carter's brigade.
III. Spears' brigade, conducted by Jefferson Powell and Daniel Cupp,
as guides, will march, without wagons, at 1 o'clock, by the old Valley
road to its intersection with the road leading from Alexander's across
the Poor Valley Ridge. Upon arriving at the opposite side of that
ridge the command will be halted for forty-five minutes for rest and
breakfast, after which General Spears will proceed to the position which
will be indicated by Powell, and there secretly and quietly place his
men in ambush. After the opening of the battle he will attack the
enemy in his flank or rear, depending upon his position. The most
absolute stillness is necessary to the success of this maneuver.
IV. General Spears will look well to the ammunition of his men, and
see that every man carries at least 80 rounds upon his person.
V. De Courcy's brigade, with Foster's battery and the two 30-pounder
siege guns and 50 cavalry as an advance guard, under Captain Roper,
will march at 1.30 o'clock, on the old Valley road, parallel with Carter's
brigade, and will h]alt forty-five minutes for breakfast at Big Spring, 5J
miles east of Rogers' Gap.
VI. Baird's brigade will constitute the reserve, and will march at 2
o'clock and halt forty-five minutes for breakfast and rest, when it will
continue to march in rear of De Courcy's brigade. During the march
General Morgan will accompany General Baird at the head of his brigade.
The cavalry, under Captain Martin, ordered to report to General Baird,
will constitute the rear guard of cavalry, and will march 600 paces in
rear of the infantry, and will throw out toward the rear 10 vedettes,
under a lieutenant or sergeant, who shall march in twos, each file of
which will be separated 20 paces from the files in front and rear. Wet-
more's battery and the two brass howitzers are assigned to the command
of General Baird.
VII. If possible, the men of all the commands will be requited to fill
their canteens with strong coffee to-night for breakfast and supper
on to-morrow. Each brigade will march with its ammunition wagons
and ambulances, and one wagon to a brigade laden with axes, spades,
picks, and saws; and all other wagons will be left under the care of the
brigade quartermasters, who will be instructed by brigade commanders
to report for instructions to Major Garber, division quartermaster. The
brigade of Spears will march without wagons.
VIII. All wagons nbt taken forward by their brigades will be formed
and readyto march on the old Valley road immediately in rear of Baird's
brigade. On arriving at Big Spring the division quartermaster will
cause the wagons to be driven as close as possible to the base of the
mountains, and if possible he will park them in the woods, and insist63
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