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The baggage and supply trains will be parked under their respective officers, in secure positions on the south side, so as not to embarrass the different roads. III.
Cooked rations for three days will be carried in the haversacks of the men, and provision must be made for foraging the animals. Straggling from the ranks is strictly prohibited, and commanders will make arrangements to secure and punish the offenders. IV.
The movements herein directed will commence to-morrow, 20th instant, at dawn of day. By command of General R.E.
Lee: A.P.MASON, _A.A.
G_. HEADQUARTERS CRENSHAW'S FARM,} _August_ 19, 1862.} _General J.E.B.Stuart, commanding Cavalry_: General: I desire you to rest your men to-day, refresh your horses, prepare rations and every thing for the march to-morrow.
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