. History of the American Civil War . Soon after his arrival (May 22d),he found himself, at the head of 12,000 trooj)s, confrontedby 8000 Confederates under General Magruder. He atonce caused a reconnoissance to be made in the directionof Hampton, and drove the Confederates out of that the return of the expedition some negroes joined it,and having informed Butler that they had been engagedin the building of fortifications, he declared them con- Chap. XLVIII.] EXPEDITION AGAINST BETHEL. 249 Magruders force atYorktown. ori<rmoftheterm trabaHcl of wai. TliG govemment subse- contrabands
. History of the American Civil War . Soon after his arrival (May 22d),he found himself, at the head of 12,000 trooj)s, confrontedby 8000 Confederates under General Magruder. He atonce caused a reconnoissance to be made in the directionof Hampton, and drove the Confederates out of that the return of the expedition some negroes joined it,and having informed Butler that they had been engagedin the building of fortifications, he declared them con- Chap. XLVIII.] EXPEDITION AGAINST BETHEL. 249 Magruders force atYorktown. ori<rmoftheterm trabaHcl of wai. TliG govemment subse- contrabands. it • i? i • ly l quently approving oi ins course, lugitiveslaves thereafter passed in the army under the designa-tion of contrabands. The main body of the Con-federates underMagruderlay atYorktown, but they had out-posts at Big Bethel and LittleBethel. With a view of ex-pelling them from these po-sitions and renderino; securesome works which he hadconstructed at Hampton andNewport News, Butler direct-ed (June 10th) Duryeas Zou-. liLTHEL AND FORTRESS His ontposts atBethel. aves and Townsends Third New York togain the rear of Little Bethel, while a Ver-mont battalion and Bendixs New York regiment wereto attack it in front. The expedition was under the com-mand of General Pierce, and had with it only three troops moved along the road from Hampton,Bendixs along that from Newport News. They simulta-neously reached the junction of the roads before day-break, when Bendix, mistaking Townsend for the enemy,opened fire upon him, which was instantly returned byTownsend, who supposed he had fallen into an against That portiou of the expedition whicli had^^^^ already passed beyond the junction of the roads toward Little Bethel, hearing the firing, supposedthat an attack was being made on its rear. Every thingwas for the moment in confusion, and the Confederates inLittle Bethel, taking alarm, at once fell back on Big Beth-el, where Magruder, w
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