. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . nty-third of May, wearrived upon the banks of the sluggish Chick-ahominy,— a small mill-stream, forty or fiftyfeet wide, with swampy lowland borderingon either side; the tops of the trees growingin the swamp being about on a level with thecrests of the bluffs just beyond, on the Rich-mond side. Our first camp was pitched on thehills in the vicinity of Gainess Farm. The engineers soon the constructionof bridges for the passage of the troops, as itwas very important to gain a foothold on thewest bank, prc])aratory to our advance. WhileD
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . nty-third of May, wearrived upon the banks of the sluggish Chick-ahominy,— a small mill-stream, forty or fiftyfeet wide, with swampy lowland borderingon either side; the tops of the trees growingin the swamp being about on a level with thecrests of the bluffs just beyond, on the Rich-mond side. Our first camp was pitched on thehills in the vicinity of Gainess Farm. The engineers soon the constructionof bridges for the passage of the troops, as itwas very important to gain a foothold on thewest bank, prc])aratory to our advance. WhileDuanes bridge was being constructed, wewere ordered on duty along the banks; andupon ajjproaching the river we found, in the\\m\t \ thickets near it, one of our dead cavalrymen W ■ , lyiig in the water, evidently having been ■^ killed while watering his horse. ihe bridges were thrown out with marvelous quickness,and the corduroy approaches were soon con-structed. A small force was ordered to cross,to reconnoiter and to observe the condition of. SIIAKI-SHOOTKK. PHI-^ roarls were narrow and very muddy A between the White House and the (hick- ahominy, and it was with great trouble that Copyright, 1884, by Thk Centukv Co. All rights reserved. i RECOLLECTIONS OF A PRIVATE. 131
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