. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . that by postponing an In his remarks on these abstracts, Huger says: birrv y;;^^ ■•■••^ ^ .^y^ ♦, >: •;^^ *° - General Longstreets troops moved to snp,,ort history as true. I eaniiot conceive Init aou ,..«»o,i petrate an injustice, for. though it nniy rnin m\; it 7^^7; ^/X^ 71/^^ r/ , w h hreo to your credit. ... I send von luTe- 1^^ *!« ^ >=»-l« < *^-^ ^<\^ ♦. ^^ ^^ [] \^ [Zl with an abstract of such p
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . that by postponing an In his remarks on these abstracts, Huger says: birrv y;;^^ ■•■••^ ^ .^y^ ♦, >: •;^^ *° - General Longstreets troops moved to snp,,ort history as true. I eaniiot conceive Init aou ,..«»o,i petrate an injustice, for. though it nniy rnin m\; it 7^^7; ^/X^ 71/^^ r/ , w h hreo to your credit. ... I send von luTe- 1^^ *!« ^ >=»-l« < *^-^ ^<\^ ♦. ^^ ^^ [] \^ [Zl with an abstract of such parts of your report as refer to brigades of Longstreet s division . to the ast para- my division, with my ;l, to which I invito P^aph I have only to say that if it IHuger s rtivis^on] your attention <^ P ^^^° action by 4 oclock, it was because General Longstreet did not require it, as it was iu position and In Hugers abstract of Johnstons report we find : awaiting his orders. G- W. 8. TIVO DAYS OF BATTLE AT SEKEM PINES. 22(). .:i^^-^ of Mahones brigade, Hugersdivision, says: Longstreet [tlu-ee brigades] movedthat morning from Fairfield race-course, and aiTived at the crossing ofthe [GiUiss] creek in front of the com-mand. We waited till Longstreetcleared the way — crossed the creekabout 10:30 A. M.— moved as far asthe Tudor House—rested there untU1 P. M. [Mahones brigade then movedout on the Charles City road] ; the menwere fresh, eager, and in light march-ing-trim. The roads were bad, butthere was no physical obstruction ofany moment, and we met no enemy. The following is from a let-ter by General R. E. Colston,commander of one of the threebrigades of Longstreets divis-ion that moved at 6:30 a. m.,from a point three and a halfmiles out on the Nine-mile road: * A little brook [GiUiss Creek] nearRichmond was greatly swollen, and along time was wasted crossing it on an improvised bridge made of planks, a wagon mid-stream servi
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