General Longstreet's command will pursue the main road as far as
Boonsborough, where it will halt with the reserve supply and baggage
train of the army.

General McLaws with his own division and that of General R. H. Anderson
will follow General Longstreet. On reaching Middletown will take the
route to Harper's Ferry, and by Friday morning possess himself of the
Maryland Heights and endeavor to capture the enemy at Harper's Ferry and
vicinity.

Dick stopped a moment and gasped.

"Come on," called the man with the cigars, "there is nothing more to be
seen here."

"Wait a moment," said Dick.

Perhaps it was his duty to rush at once with it to a superior officer,
but the spell was too strong. He read on:

General Walker with his division, after accomplishing the object on
which he is now engaged, will cross the Potomac at Cheek's Ford, ascend
its right bank to Lovettsville, take possession of Sundown Heights, if
practicable, by Friday morning, Key's Grove on his left, and the road
between the end of the mountains and the Potomac on his right. He
will, as far as practicable, co-operate with General McLaws and General
Jackson, and intercept the retreat of the enemy.

General D. H. 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 t