. The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865 [electronic resource]: a history of its part and place in the war for the union, with an outline of causes of war and its results to our country . had sogood a chance to deal the Army of the Potomac a staggering the night of the 21st Burnside with his ninth corps followed byWright with the sixth corps moved out from Spottsylvania along thetelegraph road, and by the morning of the 22d were at GuineasStation. Warren moved around to Harriss store west of remained at Guinea s and Burnside moved on to New BethelChurch. On the 23d o
. The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865 [electronic resource]: a history of its part and place in the war for the union, with an outline of causes of war and its results to our country . had sogood a chance to deal the Army of the Potomac a staggering the night of the 21st Burnside with his ninth corps followed byWright with the sixth corps moved out from Spottsylvania along thetelegraph road, and by the morning of the 22d were at GuineasStation. Warren moved around to Harriss store west of remained at Guinea s and Burnside moved on to New BethelChurch. On the 23d of May the second corps moved out from MilfordStation around to the wooden bridge which spans the North AnnaRiver, just west of where the Fredericksburg and Richmond Rail-road crosses. Two brigades, Egans and Pierce s, charged on theright and left of the road, and carried the bridge so quickly that theenemy, retreating over it hastily, had many men crowded into theriver, and some of them were drowned. Our brigade supportedthis movement. On the 24th a portion of our corps crossed to the south side ofthe river and formed a line facing southwest. The Richmond and A CRITICAL SITUATION. ^w. CHESTERFIELD BRIDGE, ACROSS NORTH ANNA RIVER Fredericksburg Railroad in our rear was taken possession of anddestroyed as far as possible. Lee now had his entire army south ofthe North Anna River, with his left thrown back from OxfordFord on the North Anna to New Market on the Little River, cross-ing the Virginia Central Railroad near Andersons Station. Facingthis portion of his line was Warrens fifth corps with one divisionof the ninth corps supporting and Wrights sixth corps on Warrensright, with their right flank thrown back to a line nearly parallelwith the two rivers. Lees main line extended from Oxford Fordon the North Anna to Hanover Junction, and around to HayesFarm and Maurices Bridge on the North Anna below. Hancockscorps, forming the left wing of the army, was on this point of landbetwee
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