Pennsylvania-born Confederate major describes the fight at Hanover

(Cannonball) Major Henry Brainerd McClellan (1840-1904) served on the staff of famed Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart during the Civil War. He was a first cousin of controversial Union general and 1864 Democratic presidential nominee George B. McClellan. Major McClellan, a 23-year-old Philadelphian whose brother was a Union staff officer, rode with Stuart through York County, Pennsylvania, during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign.
He left a brief account of the Battle of Hanover and the subsequent ride through the countryside through Dover to Carlisle. McClellan was one of a handful of Pennsylvania-born Confederate officers to return to their native state during the Gettysburg Campaign.
The following excerpt comes from McClellan's post-war book The Life and Campaigns of Major-General J.E.B. Stuart (Boston, Mass.: 1885). Continued

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