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II Corps Generals conference July 19, 1863

I am trying to pin down the location of a conference that Ewell and his generals had on July 19, 1863. The purpose of this meeting was to plan an attack on the forces commanded by B.F. Kelley at Hedgesville, (W) Va. In 1891, Kelley stated that the meeting took place at "Boydville" in Martinsburg. Recently, however, I discovered a tidbit in a local obit that says the meeting took place at the Dandridge House-i.e. The famed Bower. Any help will be greatly appreciated.