He met Early at the crossing of Opequon Creek, a most decisive victory--one which the country.

Early had invited this attack himself by his bad generalship and made the victory easy.

He had sent G.T.

Anderson's division east of the Blue Ridge before I went to Harper's Ferry; and about the time I arrived there he started other divisions (leaving but two in their camps) to march to Martinsburg for the purpose destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at that point.

Early here learned that I had been with Sheridan and, supposing there was some movement on foot, started back as soon as he got the information.