. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . 0XION MORTAR-BATTERY BEFORE A PHOTOGRAPH. YORKTOIVN AND WILLIAMSBURG. ■95 A L. THE 61ST NEW YORK REGIMENT IN CAMP AT SHIP POINT, BELOW YORKTOWN.[SEE MAP, P. 188.] FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. Kershaw and Semmes, of Magruders command, occupied the works whenStoneman came in front of them, and, on finding his advance stubbornlyopposed, Stoneman sent his cavalry upon reconnoissances over the field, andwaited for the infantry under Hooker and Smith to come to his support. The
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . 0XION MORTAR-BATTERY BEFORE A PHOTOGRAPH. YORKTOIVN AND WILLIAMSBURG. ■95 A L. THE 61ST NEW YORK REGIMENT IN CAMP AT SHIP POINT, BELOW YORKTOWN.[SEE MAP, P. 188.] FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. Kershaw and Semmes, of Magruders command, occupied the works whenStoneman came in front of them, and, on finding his advance stubbornlyopposed, Stoneman sent his cavalry upon reconnoissances over the field, andwaited for the infantry under Hooker and Smith to come to his support. Thesedivisions marched from Yorktown on parallel roads until Smiths column washalted by a burning bridge, and compelled to turn into the road by whichHooker was advancing. Sumner accompanied Smiths column, and, immedi-ately on the arrival before Williamsburg, formed the brigades of Hancock andBrooks for an advance through a piece of woods which screened the Confed-erate rifle-pits. The result is given in Sumners official report as follows: After entering the woods I found the underbrush much thicker than I expected, andthe lines became entangled, and shortly afterward it became so dark it was impossible
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