A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . 184 History of Virginia and Virginians. join him, and at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862, fell uponMcClellan, defeating him there, and subsequently atGaines Mill, Savage Station, and Fraziers Farm. Mc-Clellan made his last stand at the strong position of Mal-vern Hill, where, on the evening of July 1st, he repulsedLees assault, but during the night he resumed his flightto the shelter of his fleet at Harrisons Landing, uponJames River, many miles east of Richmond. These arecalled the Seven Days Battles. General John Pope wasthen placed in c
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . 184 History of Virginia and Virginians. join him, and at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862, fell uponMcClellan, defeating him there, and subsequently atGaines Mill, Savage Station, and Fraziers Farm. Mc-Clellan made his last stand at the strong position of Mal-vern Hill, where, on the evening of July 1st, he repulsedLees assault, but during the night he resumed his flightto the shelter of his fleet at Harrisons Landing, uponJames River, many miles east of Richmond. These arecalled the Seven Days Battles. General John Pope wasthen placed in command of the Army of the Potomac,and McClellan retired for a time. Second Manassas.—General Pope announced to hisarmy that his headquarters would be in his saddle, andthat he was accustomed to see only thebacks of his enemy. But, as Pope wasof all men the most disbelieved, nobodywas alarmed or surprised when, in a shorttime, Lee fell upon him just where a littleover one year before Joe Johnston andBeauregard had so utterly routed McDow-ell, and sent
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