A history of the United States . was nearly twicethat of Lee, the in-dustrious Confederateswere not interferedwith. At length, nearthe last of June, Leecompleted arrange-ments for an offensivemovement. As Jack-son had now finishedhis destructive workin the vicinity ofWashington, Lee or-dered him to moverapidly to the south,so as to be ready foran attack on McClel-lans flank and united forces ofLee and Jackson,amounting to fifty-fivethousand, were now ready to fall upon the Federals north of the Chickahominy,just as McClellan, with the larger part of his force, was pre-paring to advanc
A history of the United States . was nearly twicethat of Lee, the in-dustrious Confederateswere not interferedwith. At length, nearthe last of June, Leecompleted arrange-ments for an offensivemovement. As Jack-son had now finishedhis destructive workin the vicinity ofWashington, Lee or-dered him to moverapidly to the south,so as to be ready foran attack on McClel-lans flank and united forces ofLee and Jackson,amounting to fifty-fivethousand, were now ready to fall upon the Federals north of the Chickahominy,just as McClellan, with the larger part of his force, was pre-paring to advance south of it. 497. The First of the Seven Days Battles. — The arrival ofJackson was half a day later than had been expected, and con-sequently the first Confederate attack was repulsed. But thenext day, June 27, with Lee in command, the Confederates,fifty-five thousand strong, led by Jackson, Longstreet, D. , and A. P. Hill, at Gainess Mill assaulted the Federals,thirty-one thousand strong, under the command of General. General R. E. Lee. 394 , THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1862. [§498 Fitz John Porter. A stubborn and magnificent resistance wasmade, but it was only partially successful. Porter, however,with the help of reenforcenients from Sumner, was able towithdraw in good order to the south side of the river. Whilethe battle on the north side of the Chickahominy was going on,there were only about twenty-five thousand Confederates onthe south side, under Magruder, between Richmond and theseventy thousand under McClellan. Again, however, no at-tempt was made to take the capital. 498. McClellans Change of Base. — McClellan believed thathe was confronted by about one hundred and eighty thousandmen, and for safety determined to change his base of suppliesand transfer,his army to the James River. In this move hecompletely deceived Lee, and, after destroying a large part ofhis stores, brought his army together in an orderly Confederates pursued, and severe battles took p
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