. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. forces opposed to you. Leave yourenfeebled troops to watch the country and guard the passes covered by yourcavalry and artillery, and with your main body, including Ewells division andLawtons and Whitings commands, move rapidly to Ashland by rail or otherwise,as you may find most advantageous, and sweep down between the Chickahominy SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 219 and Pamunkey, cutting up the enemys communications, etc., while this armyattacks General McClellan in front. He will thus, I think, be forced to come outo
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. forces opposed to you. Leave yourenfeebled troops to watch the country and guard the passes covered by yourcavalry and artillery, and with your main body, including Ewells division andLawtons and Whitings commands, move rapidly to Ashland by rail or otherwise,as you may find most advantageous, and sweep down between the Chickahominy SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 219 and Pamunkey, cutting up the enemys communications, etc., while this armyattacks General McClellan in front. He will thus, I think, be forced to come outof his entrenchments, where he is strongly posted on the Chickahominy, andapparently preparing to move by gradual approaches on Richmond. Keep meadvised of your movements, and, if practicable, precede your troops, that we may-confer and arrange for simultaneous attack. I am, with great respect, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, was, therefore, evident that General Lee had so arranged hiscampaign as to attack McClellans front and rear at the same time,. THE BATTLEFIELD OF SEVEN PINES, OR FAIR OAKS. and that he had no thought of evacuating Richmond, as had beencurrently reported. In order to be fully informed in regard to the position andstrength of the Federal army, as well as the nature of the ground in ...^M 220 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, its rear, he ordered General Stuart, with his cavalr}^, to make a raidaround it. Stuart started on this expedition on the night of the12th of June, and after one or two small engagements with detach-ments of the enemys cavalry, he completed the circuit of the entireFederal army. He captured many prisoners, horses, equipments andarms, and burned two transports with army stores, and a wagontrain which was deserted by its escort. This was one of the mostbrilliant exploits of the war, and while it placed General Lee inpossession of the information he wanted in regard to the enemysposition, it fully established Stuarts masterly genius as
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