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130 THE MAINE BUGLE.
uation of our regiment to General Gregg. Returning, he said
that Gen. Gregg had gone to state the facts to Gen. Pleasanton,
and directed me to remain at Aldie until he heard from Gen,
Pleasanton, I remained but received no further orders." Thus
Col. Duffie was left to meet his fate.
At seven o'clock in the evening he was attacked by Robert-
son's brigade. His men fought bravely, and repelled more than
one charge before they were driven from the town, retiring by
the same road upon which they had advanced. Unfortunately
for Duffie this road was now closed by Chambliss brigade,
which surrounded him during the night, and captured next
morning the greater part of those who escaped from Robert-
son on the previous evening. Col. Duffie himself, escaped cap-
ture, and reached Centerville early in the afternoon with four of
his officers and twenty-seven men. He reports the loss in his
regiment at twenty officers and two hundred and forty-eight
men. This however, was an exaggeration of the calamity, for
other officers besides himself had taken to the woods, and suc-
ceeded in making their way back to the federal lines on the
1 8th and 19th. Major Farrington, who was separated from his
regiment on the night of the 17th, in Middleburg, thus brought
in two officers and twenty-three men ; Lieut. Col. Thompson
brought in eighteen men ; Sergt. Palmer, twelve men ; and Capt.
George N. Bliss, six men ; Col. Sergt. Robbins. who was
wounded and captured, was left in Middleburg, and fell into
the hands of his friends when Stuart retired from that place.
This reduces the loss to two hundred. This regiment was com-
posed of good materials, and it rapidly recuperated. On the
17th of August following it assembled three hundred men at
Warrenton, and was attached to Mcintosh's brigade, ofG regg's
division.
TiiK Meadows in Abington, Va., April 26th, '84.
Gen. Thos. T. Munford;
Dear Sir:— In reply to yours will state that the orders I car-
ried you from Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, were delivered under diffi-