. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; . f a life and death encounter, provingindeed that Qreek had met Greek when the Alabama hoys fell vpon the sons ofPennsylvania: McCalls Report: Pennsylvania Reserves in the Peninsula,pamphlet, p. 5. * A heavy cannonading in front announced the engagement of GeneralLongstreet at Fraziers farm, and made me eager to press forward , but themarshy character of the soil, the destruction of the bridge over the marsh andcreek, and the strong position of the enemy for defending the passage, pre-vented my advancing till the following morning. Jacksons Report: Repo
. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; . f a life and death encounter, provingindeed that Qreek had met Greek when the Alabama hoys fell vpon the sons ofPennsylvania: McCalls Report: Pennsylvania Reserves in the Peninsula,pamphlet, p. 5. * A heavy cannonading in front announced the engagement of GeneralLongstreet at Fraziers farm, and made me eager to press forward , but themarshy character of the soil, the destruction of the bridge over the marsh andcreek, and the strong position of the enemy for defending the passage, pre-vented my advancing till the following morning. Jacksons Report: Reportsof the Army of Northern Virginia, vol. i., p. 134. 160 CAMPAIGNS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Still it remained to try the issue of a general battle betweenthe two united armies. The Confederate columns were ac-cordingly put in motion on the morning of the 1st of July,Jacksons corps leading. A march of a few miles brought thepursuers again in contact with the army, which was foundoccupying a commanding ridge, extending obliquely across. ,UNION ^ccunafRATt SKETCH OF MALVERN HILL. the line of march, in advance of Malvern Hill. In front ofthis strong position the ground was open, varying in widthfrom a quarter to half a mile, sloping gradually from thecrest, and giving a free field of fire. The approaches wereover a broken and thickly wooded country, traversed nearlythroughout its whole extent by a swamp passable at but fewplaces, and difiicult at those.* On this admirable positionGeneral McClellan had concentrated his army, prepared toreceive final battle. Lees Eeport: Reports of the Army of Northern Virginia, vol. i., p. 13. THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. ICl Tlie left and centre were posted on Malvern Hill, an ele-vated plateau about a mile and a half by tliree-fourths of a milein area ; the right was refused, curving backward througha wooded region towards a point below Haxalls Landing, onJames Eiver. Judging from the obvious Unes of attack thatthe main effort would be made agamst
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