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July 9, 1864:
5:30 PM -- Confederates camped on the field of battle.
5:30 PM -- Union forces withdrew from the Jug Bridge to Elllicott's Mills.
5:30 PM -- Union cavalry captured the 17th Virginia flag in a last charge in Urbana, Maryland.
-- Union reinforcements from the first and second divisions of the VI Corps left City Point, Virginia, for Washington.
July 10 -- Confederates resumed their march to Washington DC and established camp in Rockville, Maryland.
July 11 -- Confederates reached Washington by early afternoon and skirmished in front of Fort Stevens.
July 11 -- Union reinforcements reached Washington by noon and prepared to defend the capital by late afternoon.
July 12 -- Confederates attacked Fort Stevens.
July 12 -- General Bradley Johnson's mission was cancelled and he returned to General Early.
July 14 -- General Early crossed the Potomac River at White's Ford and returned to Virginia. |