The head of Humphreys's corps followed in about an hour afterwards.

Sheridan stationed the troops as they came up, at Meade's request, the latter still being very sick.

He extended two divisions of this corps off to the west of the road to the left of Griffin's corps, and one division to the right.

The cavalry by this time had also come up, and they were put still farther off to the left, Sheridan feeling certain that there lay the route by which the enemy intended to escape.

He wanted to attack, feeling that if time was given, the enemy would get away; but Meade prevented this, preferring to wait till his troops were all up.
At this juncture Sheridan sent me a letter which had been handed to him by a colored man, with a note from himself saying that he wished I was there myself.