. Four years of fighting : a volume of personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond . ank,in front, or centre. The Eleventh Corps was formed in the following order:General Devenss division on the right, between the Stevensburgroad and the old saw-mill, facing northwest; General Schurzsdivision south of the plank-road, facing southwest; GeneralSchimmelfennigs brigade of Steinwehrs division also south ofthe road, reaching to Dowdals Tavern; Barlows brigade northof the road, in rear of the centre. There was no want of precaution on the par
. Four years of fighting : a volume of personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond . ank,in front, or centre. The Eleventh Corps was formed in the following order:General Devenss division on the right, between the Stevensburgroad and the old saw-mill, facing northwest; General Schurzsdivision south of the plank-road, facing southwest; GeneralSchimmelfennigs brigade of Steinwehrs division also south ofthe road, reaching to Dowdals Tavern; Barlows brigade northof the road, in rear of the centre. There was no want of precaution on the part of GeneralHoward. General Hooker rode along the line with Howard onSaturday forenoon. Howard says : — At one point a regiment was not deployed and at another a gap inthe woods was not filled. The corrections were made and the positionstrengthened. The front was covered by a good line of skirmishers. Ishould have stated that just at evening of the 1st the enemy made areconnoissance on our front with a small force of artillery and infantryGeneral Schimmelfenni£ moved out with a battalion and drove him 188 FOUR YEARS OF FIGHTING. [May,. is OCH o •- r- A) 5 eg Jl 00 S o w -/l fc O eo i» CO CT5 0 H tc co 0 PL, c ft bi 0 t fc « «2 2 p C -O 72 o - X VQ bO o p •j: •r o« .3 N > £ CD o -. C ~ > g E c W GO X pq 1863.] CHANCELLORSVILLE. 189 back. During Saturday, the 2d, the same general made frequent recon-noissances. Infantry scouts and cavalry patrols were constantly pushedout on every road. The unvarying report was, The enemy is crossingthe plank-road and moving towards Culpepper/ At 4 P. M. I wasdirected to send a brigade to the support of General Sickles. I im-mediately took Barlows brigade by a short route to General Sicklessright, some two and a half miles from the plank-road to the front. * It was six oclock. There was a gap from Dowdals Tavernalmost to Chancellorsville, from which Sickles had had advanced beyond Chancellorsville southeast. These
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