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Brigade of cavalry, pages 953 and 954. Butler’s left rested
“on Burgess’ mill-pond,” 949, along the upper and northern
line of the ellipse and joined on Lee’s left at the curve of the
loop, which crossed the Boydton Plank Road, next came
Young, along the lower line of the loop to a point about one-
fourth of its length from the Run, where this imaginary line
reached the Quaker Road and thus Hampton’s “‘line then en-
veloped the enemy from a point on the Quaker Road to Bur-
gess’ Mill-pond,” as he says on page 953. The space, along
the line of the elliptical loop from the Quaker Road to Arm-
strong’s Mill was covered by some of General Heth’s infantry,
and our lower lines of envelopment being above the crossing
at Armstrong’s Mill and the Run between there and Burgess’
Mill not being fordable and there being no bridge between
these mills, Hampton and Heth had them completely
surrounded. They had them in exactly the same situation
that Stuart was in at Auburn, only they were entirely sur-
rounded. And Heth had also a force of infantry on their
right flank, across the Run, at Burgess’ Mill. They were
badly surrounded. Developments during the night, as well
as the statement of prisoners, showed that the enemy had his
line on three sides of our position.” 507. Lee had only the
Ninth and Sixty-third Regiments of our brigade on the line
with Beale’s Brigade on the right of the Ninth. The sixty-
third was on the Plank Road at the curve, most of it on the
left or west of the road a small part on the east side where it
joined its right to the left of the Ninth. I was sent with
these regiments to place them and know exactly where they
were. McGregor’s Battery was in the Plank Road between
the two parts of the Sixty-third. Fighting had been going on
before these dispositions were made, but the fury of it arose
about the time they were consummated.

Before the “battle was on” fully Lee had attacked Gregg’s
rear as Gregg was marching up the Quaker Road to the Plank
Road and Hampton had attacked him furiously in front with
Butler. While engaged thus, Hampton, on pp. 949 and 953
says: “I saw his cavalry cross the Plank Road into the
White Oak Road, and, fearing an advance on the South Side
Railroad, I rapidly transferred Butler to the White Oak