. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FLEET THAT KKD Till-: THE ABANDONED BASE White House, Virginia, June 27, 1862.—Up the James and the Pamunkey to White House Landing came the steam and saihng vesselsladen with supphes for McClellans second attempt to reach Richmond. Tons of ammunition and thousands of rations were sent for-ward from here to the army on the Chickahominy in June, 1862. A short month was enough to cause McClellan to again change hisplans, and the army base was moved to the James River. The Richmond and York Railroad was lit up by burning ca
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FLEET THAT KKD Till-: THE ABANDONED BASE White House, Virginia, June 27, 1862.—Up the James and the Pamunkey to White House Landing came the steam and saihng vesselsladen with supphes for McClellans second attempt to reach Richmond. Tons of ammunition and thousands of rations were sent for-ward from here to the army on the Chickahominy in June, 1862. A short month was enough to cause McClellan to again change hisplans, and the army base was moved to the James River. The Richmond and York Railroad was lit up by burning cars along itscourse to the Chickaliominy. Little was left to the Confederates save the charred ruins of the White House itself.
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