. Report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; to which is added an account of the campaign in western Virginia, with plans of battle-fields . ged tomove with scant supplies. As to the force and position of the enemy, the informationthen in our possession was vague and untrustworthy. Muchof it was obtained from the staff-oflicers of General Wool, andwas simply to the effect that Yorktown was surrounded by acontinuous line of earth-works, with strong water batteries onthe York River, and garrisoned by not less than 15,000 troops,under the command of General J. B. Magrude
. Report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; to which is added an account of the campaign in western Virginia, with plans of battle-fields . ged tomove with scant supplies. As to the force and position of the enemy, the informationthen in our possession was vague and untrustworthy. Muchof it was obtained from the staff-oflicers of General Wool, andwas simply to the effect that Yorktown was surrounded by acontinuous line of earth-works, with strong water batteries onthe York River, and garrisoned by not less than 15,000 troops,under the command of General J. B. Magruder. Maps whichhad been prepared by the Topographical Engineers underGeneral Wools command were furnished me, in which, theWarwick River was represented as flowing parallel to, butnot crossing the road from Newport News to Williamsburg,making the so-called Mulberry Island a real island; and wehad no information as to the true course of the Warwickacross the Pesinsula, nor of the formidable line of workswhich it covered.* * The dotted line on the accompanying nap shows the line of the WarwickRiver, as laid down on the maps referred to. , TiTATP OP THE I peninsula.
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