. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... mainder, about one hundredand twenty thousand in number, were trans-ported by water to Fortress Monroe. Thismovement was accomplished by the secondof April. Johnstons Successful Retreat. On the fourth the Army of the Potomacbegan its march towards the lines of York-town, which were held by about eleventhousand five hundred men, under GeneralMagruder. The Confederate commanderhad passed the first year of the war in forti-fying his position, and had constructe
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... mainder, about one hundredand twenty thousand in number, were trans-ported by water to Fortress Monroe. Thismovement was accomplished by the secondof April. Johnstons Successful Retreat. On the fourth the Army of the Potomacbegan its march towards the lines of York-town, which were held by about eleventhousand five hundred men, under GeneralMagruder. The Confederate commanderhad passed the first year of the war in forti-fying his position, and had constructed a series of powerful works which enabled him,with his small force, to hold McClellanswhole army in check. On he fifth and sixthof April McClellan made repeated attemptsto force the southern lines, and failing inthese decided to lay siege to them. Thetime thus gained by Magruder enabledGeneral Johnston to move his army from theRapidan to the peninsula. It was in positionon the lines of Yorktown by the seventeenthof April, making the force opposed toMcClellan about fifty-eight thousand Confederates did not expect to hold. VIEW OF THE CHICKAHOMINV NEAR MECHANICSVILLE. their position on the peninsula, but from thefirst intended to move back nearer toRichmond, and occupy the line oftheChick-ahominy. When their preparations werecompleted they fell back from the lines ofYorktown, on the night of the third of May,just as McClellan was about to begin hisbombardment of their position. The Federal army discovered the retreaton the morning of the fourth of May, andmoved forward promptly in the hope of inter-cepting the Southern army. On the morningof the fifth the advanced forces attacked the 7o8 THE CIVIL WAR. rear-guard of Johnstons army at Williams-burgf. The Confederate commander held his
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