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was actively engaged, and the charge of the I st
Michigan Cavalry, supported by a battery, is desig-
nated by Custer as one of the most brilliant and suc-
cessful recorded in the annals of warfare.
  After the battle Gen. Lee retreated rapidly toward
the Potomac, and the cavalry moving by different
routes harassed him continually, capturing trains and
prisoners. The following paragraph is copied from
Headley's " History of the Civil War."
  " Kilpatrick clung to the rebel army with a tenacity that did
not allow it a moment's rest. At midnight, in a furious thunder
storm, he charged down the mountain through the darkness with
unparalleled boldness, and captured the entire train of Elwell's
division, eight miles long. At Emmettsburg, Haggerstown, and
other places, he smote the enemy, with blow after blow. Buford,
Gregg, Custer, and others, performed deeds which, but for the
greater movements that occupied public attention, would have
filled the land with shouts of admiration. In fact, the incessant
protracted labors of the cavalry during this campaign, rendered
it useless for some time."
  Custer's brigade came upon the enemy's rear guard
at Falling Waters, and the 6th Michigan made a
gallant charge which was repulsed with considerable
loss; but after a two hours' fight the enemy wag
driven to the river; Gen. Pettegrew and 125 of his
men were killed, and 1500 were taken prisoners;,
cannon and battle-flags were also captured.
  When the cavalry crossed the Rappahannock in
September, pushing back Stuart's cavalry to Brandy
Station, Culpepper C. H., and across the Rapidan,
Custer, as usual, was with tbe advance, and in one
engagement was slightly wounded by a piece of a
shell-the first and only time he was wounded during
the war.   After a short vacation in consequence of
his wound, he rejoined his command in season to