. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ll, under Lieuten-ant McCrea, narrowly escaped severe loss at Watkins Bluff on the 21st ofJune. On the 27th, a demonstration was made up the Appomattox, but nothingwas accomplished, the channel proving to be too shoal for successful operations. On the 29th, McClellans retreating army opened communication withRodgers, who now commanded the vessels in the James River. Little changehad taken place in the composition of the force since the 1st of June, theWachusett only having left th
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ll, under Lieuten-ant McCrea, narrowly escaped severe loss at Watkins Bluff on the 21st ofJune. On the 27th, a demonstration was made up the Appomattox, but nothingwas accomplished, the channel proving to be too shoal for successful operations. On the 29th, McClellans retreating army opened communication withRodgers, who now commanded the vessels in the James River. Little changehad taken place in the composition of the force since the 1st of June, theWachusett only having left the squadron, and the Satellite having joined gun-boats rendered efficient assistance to the army, especially in thebattle at Malvern Hill on the 1st of July. By the 4th of July, McClellansposition was comparatively secure. On July 6th, the James River flotilla was organized as a separate commandunder Captain John Wilkes, and so remained, until disbanded, on August31st, the withdrawal of the army rendering its presence no longer necessary. STUARTS EIDE AROUND MCCLELLAN. BY W. T. ROBINS, COLONEL, C. S. TROOPER OF THE VIRGINIA CAVALRY, I THE battle of Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks,had been fought with no result. The tem-porary success of the Confederates early in theengagement had been more than counterbalancedby the reverses they sustained on the second day,and the two armies lay passively watching eachother in front of Richmond. At this time thecavalry of Lees army was commanded by Gen-eral J. E. B. Stuart, and this restless officerconceived the idea of flanking the right wing ofthe Federal army near Ashland, and movingaround to the rear, to cross the ChickahomiuyRiver at a place called Sycamore Ford, in NewKent County, march over to the James River, andreturn to the Confederate lines near Deep Bot-tom, in Henrico County. In carrying out this islan,Stuart would completely encircle the army ofGeneral McClellan. At the time of this move-ment the writer was adjutant of the 9t
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