A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . McClellans Campaign. Yorktown to Richmond. ington in danger of capture by a sudden dash, he took theYork River route instead, while McDowell led an armyoverland toward Richmond. The Siege of Yorktown.—Yorktown, the scene of thefinal event of the Revolution, was that of the first event inthis march. It was strongly fortified, and General Magruder,with fifteen thousand men, detained McClellans forces herefor a month. At length, just as heavy siege guns were inplace and about to open fire, Magruder withdrew, havingwell p
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . McClellans Campaign. Yorktown to Richmond. ington in danger of capture by a sudden dash, he took theYork River route instead, while McDowell led an armyoverland toward Richmond. The Siege of Yorktown.—Yorktown, the scene of thefinal event of the Revolution, was that of the first event inthis march. It was strongly fortified, and General Magruder,with fifteen thousand men, detained McClellans forces herefor a month. At length, just as heavy siege guns were inplace and about to open fire, Magruder withdrew, havingwell performed his task of checking the Union advance. The Fight at Williamsburg.—Magruder fell back toWilliamsburg, ten miles distant, where works had beenbuilt. He was sharply pursued, and a fight took place thereon May 5. Both sides claimed the victory, but Magruder. THE EAST IN 1862. 373 retreated during the night, and the pursuit was continueduntil Richmond was near at hand. A Panic at Richmond.—On the evacuation of Yorktown,Norfolk was abandoned, the navy-yard burned, and thefamous ironclad Merrimac blown Monitor and other vessels nowascended James River until withineight miles of Richmond, The armywas only seven miles from the panic ensued. The ConfederateCongress adjourned, and the peopleof the city were in a state of conster-nation. Waiting- for Reinforcements. —An ciROKGE b. attack might pcrliaps have taken Richmond, butit was not made. McClellan dispersed a Confederate forcein his rear, and then waited for McDowell, who was ap-proaching overland. This reinforcement did not reach coming was prevented by a skilful movement of theConfederate forces, General Johnston having sent his ablesubordinate, Thomas J. Jackson,—already best known asStonewall Jackson,^—with a strong force down the Shenan-
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