The world: historical and actual . FuKTKESS .MONKOE IX Ifes: wardingof divisionbore the brunt ofthe battle early inthe day, but Kear-ney came to the res-cue when most needed. Hancock ordered a bayonetcharge that was promptly made, when a complete vic- J. BANKUEAIJ MAGRUDER. tory was won, and McClellan was able to move intoWilliamsburg. Instead of following up his advantagewith vigor, he allowed J. E. Johnston to retire higood order to the opposite bank of the Chickahom-iny. On both sides it was thought that the decisivehour had come. There was the gravest apprehen-sion
The world: historical and actual . FuKTKESS .MONKOE IX Ifes: wardingof divisionbore the brunt ofthe battle early inthe day, but Kear-ney came to the res-cue when most needed. Hancock ordered a bayonetcharge that was promptly made, when a complete vic- J. BANKUEAIJ MAGRUDER. tory was won, and McClellan was able to move intoWilliamsburg. Instead of following up his advantagewith vigor, he allowed J. E. Johnston to retire higood order to the opposite bank of the Chickahom-iny. On both sides it was thought that the decisivehour had come. There was the gravest apprehen-sion at Richmond, the wildest exultation at Wash-ington. ButJohnstonwas equal tothe emergen-cy. He or-dered Stone-wall Jack-son, then inthe Shenan-doah valley,to make ademonstra-tion diver-sion had animportantef-fectincheck-ing the fur-ther progressof the mainarmy. Banksand his armywere drivenout of thevalley by Jackson, and fell hack to the waswithin a fewmiles of Rich-mond. Therewas a battle atHanover CourtHouse, May
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