General Grant . generals, however,had no reliable maps of the region, and were forcedto depend upon scouts and reconnoissances to lo-cate the roads in advance of each corps. Throughthis open country Hancock in advance marchedfirst easterly to Guineys Station on the Fredericks-burg Railroad, then southerly to Bowling Greenand Milford, reaching the latter place on the nightof the 21 st, and encountering there a part of Pick-etts division, which was hastening forward fromRichmond to re-enforce Lee, as Grant had brief conflict served to scatter them, with a lossof several hundred prison
General Grant . generals, however,had no reliable maps of the region, and were forcedto depend upon scouts and reconnoissances to lo-cate the roads in advance of each corps. Throughthis open country Hancock in advance marchedfirst easterly to Guineys Station on the Fredericks-burg Railroad, then southerly to Bowling Greenand Milford, reaching the latter place on the nightof the 21 st, and encountering there a part of Pick-etts division, which was hastening forward fromRichmond to re-enforce Lee, as Grant had brief conflict served to scatter them, with a lossof several hundred prisoners. This same day—the21 st—Warren left his camps and marched to Gui-neys Station, reaching there at nightfall. Thismanoeuver left two corps in Lees front in isolatedpositions, cither of which Lee might have attackedwith superior force. Yet he made no attempt uponeither, and the opportunity passed. It was perhapsthe most daring small movement every played onthe chess board of war, and shows Grants perfect250. ^ ^ Tir > S Fold-outPlaceholder This fold-out is being digitized, and will be in future date.
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