. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . rMA WPM •■ii Wm 111 *., w&jffi&Ztafla WBwm • ■ ■ 4/ -. ■ .. HAJOB-GENERALFROM BENJAMIN HTJGER,A PHOTOGRAPH. of the Nine-mile road with the NewBridge road, where Magruder was withfour brigades. Longstreet, as ranking officer of thetroops on the Williamsburg road, wasinstructed verbally to form D. H. Hillsdivision as first line, and his own assecond, across the road at right angles,and to advance in that order to attackthe enemy; while Hugers divisionshould march by the right flank
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . rMA WPM •■ii Wm 111 *., w&jffi&Ztafla WBwm • ■ ■ 4/ -. ■ .. HAJOB-GENERALFROM BENJAMIN HTJGER,A PHOTOGRAPH. of the Nine-mile road with the NewBridge road, where Magruder was withfour brigades. Longstreet, as ranking officer of thetroops on the Williamsburg road, wasinstructed verbally to form D. H. Hillsdivision as first line, and his own assecond, across the road at right angles,and to advance in that order to attackthe enemy; while Hugers divisionshould march by the right flank alongthe Charles City road, to fall upon theenemys flank when our troops wereengaged with him in front. Federalearth-works and abatis that might befound were to be turned. G. W. Smithwas to protect the troops under Long-street from attack by those of theFederal right wing across the Chicka-hominy ; and, if such transfer should not be threatened, he was to fall uponthe enemy on the Williamsburg road. Those troops were formed in fourlines, each being a division. Caseys was a mile west of Seven Pines, with aline of skirmishers a half mile in advance ; Couchs was at Seven
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