. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . e White OakBridge. I found Gen-eral Slocums divisionposted somewhat inrear of the intersec-tion of those roads,and in front of theroad leading fromBracketts _ Ford. A ^o^™!?^^ & ™u*. Small portion OI his From a photograph taken in August, 1862, when General Franklin was infantry and One gun temporarily at home on Siek leave. were posted near Bracketts Ford. His division formed the right of theforce which later in the day fought the battle of Glendale or Fraysers small for
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . e White OakBridge. I found Gen-eral Slocums divisionposted somewhat inrear of the intersec-tion of those roads,and in front of theroad leading fromBracketts _ Ford. A ^o^™!?^^ & ™u*. Small portion OI his From a photograph taken in August, 1862, when General Franklin was infantry and One gun temporarily at home on Siek leave. were posted near Bracketts Ford. His division formed the right of theforce which later in the day fought the battle of Glendale or Fraysers small force at Bracketts Ford defeated an attack at that point, sometime during the day. At the junction of the Charles City and Quaker roads General McClellanhad a conference with the corps commanders (Sumner, Heintzelman, andFranklin), and when it was ended he went toward the James River. Ashort time afterward I received an order directing me to take charge of theforce guarding the White Oak Bridge, and I immediately started back. Ihad gone but a short distance when a bombardment commenced in the VOL. II. 25. 378 REAR-GUARD FIGHTING DURING THE CHANGE. OF BASE. direction of the bridge, the severity of which I had never heard equaled inthe field. The wood through which I was riding seemed torn to pieces withround shot and exploding shells. But the danger was really greater fromfalling branches than from the shot, which did small damage. It appears that Jackson, having left Savages Station early in the morning,arrived at the vicinity of White Oak Bridge about noon, without excitingsuspicion of his presence on our part, the whole movement being hidden bythe woods. Here, masked by the trees, he massed about thirty guns, whichopened simultaneously on the troops in the clearings, and on the rear part ofthe wagon train, which had not yet started from the clearing where it hadpassed the night. The troops immediately got under cover of the wood,except Caldwells brigade [Richardsons division
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