. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . says that he made areconnaissance — then sent three couriers oneafter the other, with an order to Magruder tosend a force by the wooded path under thebluff, to attack the enemy in flank and the first courier had been dispatched beforethe reconnaissance, and delivered the order toMagruder promptly, his force marching lit-tle more than a mile by the straight Nine-mileroad could scarcely have come up before route described would have been f if found)five or six miles long. The only thing he ought to have done, orhad time to
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . says that he made areconnaissance — then sent three couriers oneafter the other, with an order to Magruder tosend a force by the wooded path under thebluff, to attack the enemy in flank and the first courier had been dispatched beforethe reconnaissance, and delivered the order toMagruder promptly, his force marching lit-tle more than a mile by the straight Nine-mileroad could scarcely have come up before route described would have been f if found)five or six miles long. The only thing he ought to have done, orhad time to do, was postponed almost twentyhours — the putting General Lee, who wasnear, in command of the army. The operations of the Confederate troojjsin this battle were very much retarded by thebroad ponds of rain-water,— in many i)la< esmore than knee-deep,— by the deej) mud. andby the dense wootls and thickets that coveredthe ground. G. W. Smiths division lost 1283 in killed,wounded, and missing. Brigadier-General J/AXJSSAS TO S£l£^ MAJOR-GENERAL SAMl EL r. HEINTZELMAN. Hatton was among the killed, and Brigadier-Generals Pettigrew and Hampton were severelywounded. The latter kept his saddle, andserved to the end of the action. GeneralLongstreet reported that the loss of thetroops on the Williamsburg road in killed,wounded, and missing w;is about 3000, otwhich 2700 was in Hills division. Among thekilleil were Colonels Moore, of Alabama,Jones, and Lomax. These reports refer to thebattle of Seven Pines, which was fought andendetl on the 31st of May. The Federal loss, including that on JuneI St, according to General McClellans • Reporton . The Army of the Potomac, page227, was 7000* Prisoners to the number of 350, 10 piecesof artillery, 6700 muskets and rifles in excel-lent condition, a garrison flag and 4 regimen-tal colors, medical, commissary, quartermasterand ordnance stores, tents and sutlers prop-erty, were captured and secured. Ihe troops on the ground at n
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