General Grant . ^ ^ Tir > S Fold-outPlaceholder This fold-out is being digitized, and will be in future Fold-out .Placeholder his fold-out is being digitized, and will be inserted ati future date. SIEGES OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND. 251 confidence that his adversary had been so punishedthat he would not under any circumstances givebattle in open field. Lee no doubt suspected a rusedc guerre. By the morning of the 22d Burnsidesand Wrights corps were at Guineys Station, andthe whole army was in motion. The first defensive position of importance southof Spottsylvania is the North Anna, a
General Grant . ^ ^ Tir > S Fold-outPlaceholder This fold-out is being digitized, and will be in future Fold-out .Placeholder his fold-out is being digitized, and will be inserted ati future date. SIEGES OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND. 251 confidence that his adversary had been so punishedthat he would not under any circumstances givebattle in open field. Lee no doubt suspected a rusedc guerre. By the morning of the 22d Burnsidesand Wrights corps were at Guineys Station, andthe whole army was in motion. The first defensive position of importance southof Spottsylvania is the North Anna, a deep but notrapid stream flowing southeast into the the south bank of this river Lee, always movingby interior lines, transferred his army, and whenthe invading force reached the north bank it foundhim intrenched on the south side, with his center atOx Ford, his left wing reaching back to the LittleRiver, an affluent of the Anna, joining it a few milesbelow, and his right extended eastward, both wingsforming an acute angle when regarded from thecenter. Warrens and Wrights corps had marchedto cro
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