The letters of Fleming Saunders, 42nd Virginia, can be found on microfilm at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. They are part of the Saunders Family Papers 1798-1903. A letter from him to his mother, dated 7 July 1863, from Williamsport, Maryland, describes his role in a fight there on 6 July. He writes that he "had command of about 200 men composed of armed teamsters. We had six killed and a good many wounded ... drove the enemy back." This fight was described in detail by Brigadier General John D. Imboden in his article, "The Confederate Retreat from Gettysburg," published in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, volume 3. Imboden writes, "By noon [6 July] about 700 wagoners were organized into companies of 100 each and officered by wounded line-officers and commissaries and quartermasters--about 250 of these were given to Colonel Aylett on the right next the river,--about as many under Colonel [J.L.] Black on the left, and the residue were used as skirmishers. My own command proper was held well in hand in the center." Saunders role in this fight would make sense since he is described in the online soldier's database as being a 1st Lieutenant and Assistant Quartermaster of his regiment. In the latter capacity he would have been riding with the wagon train that was under the charge of BGen Imboden, and evidently Saunders had a prominent role in helping turn back a large force of Yankee cavalry before Lee's retreating army arrived to protect them. Called the "wagoners' fight," it saved the immense wagon trains of the Army of Northern Virginia. Imboden seems to have performed his duty brilliantly in this affair.