. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ck. . .The river is so narrow and crooked, and the banks so high, thatthe gun-boats cannot take a position for shelling the batteries ex-cept within a very short distance of them and directly under theirguns. A gun-boat cannot turn under steam in the river. Com-modore Rodgers of the Galena, who commanded the expedition,is decidedly of the opinion that the works cannot be reduced with-out the assistance of land forces.—Editor.) Between 2 and 9 p. m. on the 28th, mycorps was in motion, via Savages Station, tothe south side of White Oak Swamp ;
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ck. . .The river is so narrow and crooked, and the banks so high, thatthe gun-boats cannot take a position for shelling the batteries ex-cept within a very short distance of them and directly under theirguns. A gun-boat cannot turn under steam in the river. Com-modore Rodgers of the Galena, who commanded the expedition,is decidedly of the opinion that the works cannot be reduced with-out the assistance of land forces.—Editor.) Between 2 and 9 p. m. on the 28th, mycorps was in motion, via Savages Station, tothe south side of White Oak Swamp ; there,at the junction (Glendale) of the roads fromRichmond, to be prepared to repel attacksfrom the direction of that city. Morell, lead-ing, aided (ieneral Woodbury, of the engineercorps, to build the causeways and bridges nec-essary for the easy passage of the trains andtroops over the swamps and streams. Sykesand McGall followed at five and nine oclock,respectively ; McCall being accompanied by1 hints reserve artillery. We expected to reach. MAP OF THE BATTLE OF MALVEKN HILL, SHOWING, APlROXIMATELY, POSlTlUiMS i>0 BATTEKIES. [TheUnionbatteries, as indicated on the map, were : i, Martins;2, Tylers ; 3, 4, 5, 6, batteries in reserve : 7, Hunts reserveartlUerj; 8 and 11, first and second positions of WatermansiWeedens) ; 9 — 9, Edwardss, Livingstons, Amess, Kings-burys, and Hydes; 10, Snows, Franks, and Allens; 11,Kingsburys and Seeleys. On the Union side the chief variations from these positions werethe advance of a part of Butterfields brigade, between Griffin andCouch, and the transfer of batteries from Morell to Couch. In re-pulsing Hills attack. Couch advanced to the line which indicatesthe position of Berdans sharp-shooters (in the morning). Duringthe afternoon Sickless brigade took the place of Caldwells, whichhad come up to Couchs aid and had suffered severely. The ad-vance of Meagher was made about five oclock, and was accom- panied by 32-pounders, under Genera
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