Young folks' history of the United States . ng two months in camp, decided it to be neces-sary to withdraw his force, and change his base ofoperations to the James River. This led to a series ofattacks from the Confederate forces, called the Seven-Days Battles of the Peninsula; the battle at MalvernHill (July I, 1862) being the severest, and resulting inthe defeat of the Confederates. In these battles nearly ahundred thousand men were engaged on each side ; eachlosing more than fifteen thousand. The army of Gen-eral Banks was ordered from the Shenandoah Valley tocover the change of position on
Young folks' history of the United States . ng two months in camp, decided it to be neces-sary to withdraw his force, and change his base ofoperations to the James River. This led to a series ofattacks from the Confederate forces, called the Seven-Days Battles of the Peninsula; the battle at MalvernHill (July I, 1862) being the severest, and resulting inthe defeat of the Confederates. In these battles nearly ahundred thousand men were engaged on each side ; eachlosing more than fifteen thousand. The army of Gen-eral Banks was ordered from the Shenandoah Valley tocover the change of position on the part of McClellan. INVASION OF MARYLAND. 299 There were battles at Cedar Mountain and Bull Lee led the Confederate army across the Poto- Leea firstmac into Maryland, capturing Harpers Ferry and Fred- ^^^^^*°^-erick City. Whittiers fine poem, Barbara Frietchie,describes an incident that is said to have taken placeat the capture of this city. Finally McClellan en- Lee at Antietam, Md. (Sept. 17, 1862), in. BARBARA FRIETCHIE. one of the severest battles of the war. One hundredand fifty thousand men were engaged in it, includingboth armies. The Union loss in this battle and inthat of South Mountain, which took place just before,was more than fourteen thousand ; and that on the otherside more than twelve thousand. The Union armywas victorious ; and, during the following night, General 300 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. The third Lee withdrew his troops across the Potomac. GreatRichmond, dissatlsfaction was felt with General McClellan forpermitting this retreat; and, as there had been similardissatisfaction after Fair Oaks and Malvern, he wasremoved from command in November, and Gen. Am-brose E. Burnside was put in his place, at the headof the Army of the Potomac. Burnside crossed theRappahannock, and took Fredericksburg, but wasobliged to retreat again with heavy Thus the second year of the war brought little pro- Merrimack. grcss towa
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