One of the most detailed testimonies at the warren court of inquiry was delivered by Lieutenant Colonel G.R. Maxwell of the first Michigan cavalry.

according to Maxwell, he followed the confederate rear guard which consisted of cavalry from Dinwiddie courthouse to the Gilliam farm. Maxwell thought the rear guard consisted of a small brigade. (Warren court volume one, page 689)

The skirmishing was continuous but the Confederates made only two stands. The first was by the Gilliam Place. Maxwell broke their stand with a mounted charge and within two minutes the Confederates fled after their commanding officer was killed. (Warren court pages 688, 689 and 690). The confederate second stand was even shorter and they fled almost immediately when Maxwell charged them. (Warren court, volume one page 690)

if this point Maxwell was given a second regiment to command, the 24th New York cavalry. With this combined force he kept the confederate cavalry on the move and prevented any more serious stands. (Warren court, volume one, page 690)

I have read the testimony of general Richard Beale who seems to have commanded of the confederate rearguard. He says there was no skirmishing.

so my first question is, who commanded the confederate rear guard?

my second question is was Maxwell actually in Gilliam Field initially or further to the east? If that's the case he would have been fighting Munford's rear guard action.

bryce