. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . hat Federal reserves might be awaiting us in the woods, Ithought it advisable not to move on. General Lawton concurred with me. Ihad no artillery to shell the woods in advance, as mine had not got throughthe swamp. No Confederate officer on the field knew that the Federals hadbut one bridge over which to retreat, else all the artillery that could have beencollected would have opened fire upon the Federal masses crowded into a nar-row space in the woods, and there would have been a
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . hat Federal reserves might be awaiting us in the woods, Ithought it advisable not to move on. General Lawton concurred with me. Ihad no artillery to shell the woods in advance, as mine had not got throughthe swamp. No Confederate officer on the field knew that the Federals hadbut one bridge over which to retreat, else all the artillery that could have beencollected would have opened fire upon the Federal masses crowded into a nar-row space in the woods, and there would have been a general advance of cm-line under cover of this fire. Winder was right; even a show of pressure musthave been attended with great results. I made my headquarters at McGeheeshouse, and ordered my artillery and infantry to occupy the hill around artillery, however, did not get into position until sunrise next the infantry was in place, we heard huzzaing on the bridge road, andunderstood by that that reinforcements had come to cover up the Federal 358 LEES ATTACKS NORTH OF THE ■ \ Kit v M <l12iv4^ ft! J#- ■;■■ f ^ :- i
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