8am: Jackson's Rebs aren't where Sigel's Yanks expected them

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Groveton

Schenck’s brigades reached Groveton after their deliberate advance. Wrote one of his brigade commanders: 

Having advanced about 1 mile [from Dogan’s Ridge] I received the order to take position on the left of the road, resting with my right wing of the brigade on the road and with my left wing on the Second Brigade. Here I found a number of dead and wounded soldiers from McDowell’s corps from the preceding evening, and I had all the possible medical assistance bestowed upon them.

Schenck sent for his division artillery to set them up on the perfect hill for artillery above Groveton.

Matthews Hill

On the other side of Sigel’s advance, Schurz’s two brigades executed their maneuver, only to find that there were no Confederates on Matthews’ Hill. But artillery fire was coming at the men from Sudley Springs. For one reason or another, Schurz decided to split his brigade around the woods just beyond Matthews’ Hill, inadvertently sending Kryzanowski’s brigade towards the heart of Ambrose Powell Hill’s line without any support.

Sudley Springs

Watching Kryzanowski’s brigade turn towards his line, Powell Hill sent orders to Gregg to deploy three South Carolina regiments on the other side of the railroad grade along another small knoll. Fitz Hugh Lee also checked in with Hill. He had finished his raid to Fairfax Court-House and Jackson had asked him to guard the left flank at Sudley Springs. A proper line was beginning to take shape.

Gainesville

Longstreet’s Wing marched into town, and turned onto the Warrenton Turnpike [US 29], Hood’s division in the lead. From a safe distance, John Buford’s Northern horsemen looked on and counted.