Hill's division will form the rear-guard of the army, pursuing the road taken by the main body.

The reserve artillery, ordinance and supply trains, etc., will precede General Hill.
Dick gasped and he heard someone calling again to him to come, but he read on: General Stuart will detach a squadron of cavalry to accompany the commands of Generals Longstreet, Jackson and McLaws, and with the main body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army, bringing up all the stragglers that may have been left behind.
The commands of General Jackson, McLaws and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsborough or Hagerstown.
Each regiment on the march will habitually carry its axes in the regimental ordnance wagons, for use of the men at their encampments, to procure wood, etc.

R.H.CHILTON, Assistant Adjutant General.
Dick clutched the paper in his hands and for the moment his throat seemed to contract so tightly that he could not breathe.

Then he felt a burst of wild joy.
One of the most extraordinary incidents in the whole history of war had occurred.

He knew in an instant that this was Lee's general orders to his army, and that at such a time nothing could be more important.
Evidently copies of it had been sent to all his division commanders, and this one by some singular chance either had not reached its destination, or had been tossed carelessly aside after reading.