. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . 574 GENERAL GRANT ON THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG. 575. At tlie request of the editors, the following accountof the Dutch Gap Canal has been prepared by GeneralP. S. Michie, engineer in charge of the work: The strong defensive lines of Bermuda Hundred,behind which the Army of the James retreated afterits repulse at Drewrys Bluff, May 16th, 1864, werebadly chosen, as their location permitted the Con-federates to occupy au equally strong line, and thusto prevent any active operations on
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . 574 GENERAL GRANT ON THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG. 575. At tlie request of the editors, the following accountof the Dutch Gap Canal has been prepared by GeneralP. S. Michie, engineer in charge of the work: The strong defensive lines of Bermuda Hundred,behind which the Army of the James retreated afterits repulse at Drewrys Bluff, May 16th, 1864, werebadly chosen, as their location permitted the Con-federates to occupy au equally strong line, and thusto prevent any active operations on the part of thisarmy against the Richmond and Petersburg powerful Confederate battery Dansler completelycommanded Trent Reach— a wide, shallow part of theJames River on the north flank of the contending barred all approach toward Richmond on the partof the United States war vessels. General Butler, con-ceiving the idea of cutting a canal through the narrowneck of land, known as Dutch Gap, for the passage ofthe monitors, directed me to report on the practicabil-ity of this project. The report being favorable, groundwas broken August 1
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