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On 19 October 1864, most of the camps of the VI and XIX U.S. Corps were visible from this position. The XIX Corps camped close to their earthworks along the ridge to the south, while VI Corps units were placed along the ridges west of Belle Grove. Sheridan's headquarters covered the ground around Belle Grove, and army supply trains deployed in the fields adjacent to the Valley Pike. Colonel Howard Kitching's Provisional Division of the VIII U.S. Corps was in the fields immediately to the east, and Colonels Rutherford B. Hayes's and Joseph Thoburn's Divisions were camped southeast of Kitching. In the early morning attack, elements of Confederate General Stephen D. Ramseur's Division quickly overwhelmed Kitching's men and pursued the retreating Federals to the northwest, while Confederate General John B. Gordon's Division headed for the ridges occupied by the VI U.S. Corps. Confederate artillery later set up along this ridge.
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