Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . whuh stood on thetop--of the lii<;h \)llo\\in<i the lineof the Ilmunkey,]\r()V advance-2;uaid leached the Chifkahominyon the of Ma\, and could plainlysee the vjJiKs and steeples of Rich-mond ^\hl(ll ^^ i^ thiown into a stateof iiieit iliim RiiM f(ll most ofthe tunc and the iim ot the Chicka-hominy carried away tlie bridges,made the surrounding country aswamp, and badly divided the Unionarmy. One of


Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . whuh stood on thetop--of the lii<;h \)llo\\in<i the lineof the Ilmunkey,]\r()V advance-2;uaid leached the Chifkahominyon the of Ma\, and could plainlysee the vjJiKs and steeples of Rich-mond ^\hl(ll ^^ i^ thiown into a stateof iiieit iliim RiiM f(ll most ofthe tunc and the iim ot the Chicka-hominy carried away tlie bridges,made the surrounding country aswamp, and badly divided the Unionarmy. One of tlie most effective meansemployed by the Confederate com-mander against the Union advance was by creating a diversion in the Siienan-doah Valley and fear for the safety of Washington. Rather than lose that,our government would have sacrificed the Army of the Potomac. GeneralJohnston had sent Stonewall Jackson into the Valley, where Banks was in


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