. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . jj^I^^Ik :if^^ NEW KENT COUUT HOUSE. FROM A SKETCH MADE MAY 19, 1862 by the Chickahominy. Richmond could be attacked only by troops on theright bank. As the expectation of the advance of McDowell was still heldout, and that only by the land route, I could not yet transfer the base to theJames, but was obliged to retain it on the Pamunkey, and therefore to keepon the left Ijank a force sufficient to protect our communications and coverthe junct
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . jj^I^^Ik :if^^ NEW KENT COUUT HOUSE. FROM A SKETCH MADE MAY 19, 1862 by the Chickahominy. Richmond could be attacked only by troops on theright bank. As the expectation of the advance of McDowell was still heldout, and that only by the land route, I could not yet transfer the base to theJames, but was obliged to retain it on the Pamunkey, and therefore to keepon the left Ijank a force sufficient to protect our communications and coverthe junction of McDowell. It was still i>ermissible to believe that suffi(*ientattention would l)e paid to the simplest principle of war to push McDowellrapidly on Jacksons heels, when he made his ine\itable return march to jointhe main Confederate army and attack our i-ight flank. The failure of Mc-Dowell to reach me at or before the critical moment was due to the ordershe received from Washington. The bridges over the Chickahominy fiist builtwere swept away by the floods, and it became necessary to construct others. 178 THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. more solid and with long log approaches, a slow and difficult task, generally-carried on by men working in the water and under fiie. The work waspushed as rapidly as possible, and on the 30th of May the corps of Heintzel-man and Keyes were on the right bank of the Chickahominy, the mostadvanced positions being somewhat strengthened by intrenchments; Sum-ners corps was on the left bank, some six miles above Bottoms Bridge;Porters and Franklins corps were on the left bank opposite the enemys the day and night of the 30th torrents of rain fell, inundating thewhole country and threatening the destruction of our bridges. Well aware of our difficulties, our active enemy, on the 31st of May, made aviolent attack upon Caseys di\dsion, followed by an equally formidable one onCouch, thus commencing the battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines. H
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