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Records show that a Richard Ratcliffe came to this country from England in 1637 along with John Bristoe, Robert Turner, Henry Warren, Thomas Clarke and Robert Throckmorton Lord of the Manor of Ellington.
As the others approached, he glanced up, no conception now of aught save his own professional work. "Water, Bristoe," he exclaimed sharply, "Dash some brandy in it. Quick now. There, that's it; hold his head up higher. Yes, you do it, Miss Hope; here, Ben, take this, and pry his teeth open well, he got a swallow anyhow. Hold him just as he is can you stand it? I've got to find where he was hit."
Nor did it recommend itself to Jackson as sound strategy to move south, attack the Federal column approaching Bristoe, and driving it from his path to escape past the rear of the column moving to Gainesville. The exact position of the Federal troops was far from clear.
Nearly his whole force was concentrated on the hills around him, and Porter, who had been called up from the Manassas road, was already marching northwards through the woods. Banks still was absent at Bristoe Station, in charge of the trains and stores which had been removed from Warrenton; but, shortly after ten o'clock, 65,000 men, with eight-and-twenty batteries, were at Pope's disposal.
If there were those in the Confederate ranks who considered the manoeuvres of their leader overbold, their misgivings were soon justified. A train full of soldiers from Warrenton Junction put back on finding Ewell in possession of Bristoe Station; but a more determined effort was made from the direction of Alexandria. O.R. volume 12 part 3 page 680.
Thoroughfare Gap was reached, and found undefended, and after thirty miles' marching the exhausted troops reached the neighborhood of Manassas. The men were faint from want of food, and many of them limped along barefooted; but they were full of enthusiasm. Just at sunset, Stuart, riding on ahead, captured Bristoe, a station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad four miles from Manassas.
Kilpatrick Undaunted. Davies and Custer. The Grand Charge. The Escape. The Scene. Subsequent Charges and Counter-charges. The Cavalry Routed. The Rappahannock Recrossed in Safety. Infantry Reconnoissance to Brandy Station. Comical Affair at Bealeton Station. Thrilling Adventure of Stuart. His Escape. Battle of Bristoe. Casualties. Retreat Continued. Destruction of Railroad by the Rebels.
November of the bloody year 1863 had come; and it seemed not unreasonable to anticipate that a twelvemonth, marked by such incessant fighting at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Salem Church, Winchester, Gettysburg, Front Royal, Bristoe, and along the Rappahannock, would now terminate in peace, permitting the combatants on both sides, worn out by their arduous work, to go into winter-quarters, and recuperate their energies for the operations of the ensuing spring.
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