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In the autumn of 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, led by Lt. Gen. A. P. Hill’s III Corps, pursued Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s Union army as it withdrew toward Washington. On the afternoon of 14 October, Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren’s II Corps, serving as Meade’s rear guard, took a strong defensive position along the railroad embankment and met an impetuous attack by elements of Hill’s corps from the northwest. The Confederates were repulsed with heavy casualties, about 1300 to Warren’s 548, including the loss of an unsupported battery of five guns about 500 yards north. After dark, Warren stealthily withdrew to resume his march to Centreville. About 43 Union and 137 Confederate dead were buried on the field.
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