. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . and refjular cavalry (Philip St. George Corps, Heintzehnan — Divisions : Porter, Hooker, Cooke) and engineer troops were attached to and Hamilton ; Fourth Corps, Keyes — Divisions : headquarters.—Editors, THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. 167 This conclusion had been reached after full discussion. On the 27th ofJanuary had been issued the Presidents General War Order No. 1, directinga general movement of the land and naval forces against the enemy on t
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . and refjular cavalry (Philip St. George Corps, Heintzehnan — Divisions : Porter, Hooker, Cooke) and engineer troops were attached to and Hamilton ; Fourth Corps, Keyes — Divisions : headquarters.—Editors, THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. 167 This conclusion had been reached after full discussion. On the 27th ofJanuary had been issued the Presidents General War Order No. 1, directinga general movement of the land and naval forces against the enemy on the22d of February. On the 31st of January was issued the Presidents SpecialWar Order No. 1, directing the Army of the Potomac to advance to theattack of Manassas on the 22d of February. The President, however, per-mitted me to state my objections to this order,which I did, at length, in a letter of February 3d,to the Secretary of War. As the Presidentsorder was not insisted upon, although neverformally revoked, it isto be assumed that myletter produced, for atime at least, the de-sired effect. When Ma-nassas had been aban-doned by the enemy. jt la
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