seven in the
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General McClellan has returned to his camp upon the banks of the Chickahominy . Richmond is not taken . -- The general commanding the Army of the Valley congratulates his men upon the part they have played in the operations before our capital . At seven in the morning the chaplains of the respective regiments will hold divine services . '' Flournoy and Munford , transferred to Ashby 's command , kept with him in the Confederate rear . The army marching from the Shenandoah left the cavalry behind in the wind and rain to burn the bridge and delay Fremont . Ashby , high on the eastern bank , watched the slow flames seize the timbers , fight with the wet , prevail and mount .