. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ement, ready to take position in it andrommcnce a heavy artillery fire on the enemys oclock I was ordered again to send GeneralSlocums division to report to General Por-ter. It went accordingly, became engaged atonce in the battle of Gainess Mill, lost veryheavily, and did not return to its station untilafter nightfall. During the afternoon several of the heavyguns with us were used with effect on columns line in front of (if)ldings Farm. (See ma[j, of the enemy on the north side of the Chicka- p^gt-* 453- Goldings is near the Chickahom- hom
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ement, ready to take position in it andrommcnce a heavy artillery fire on the enemys oclock I was ordered again to send GeneralSlocums division to report to General Por-ter. It went accordingly, became engaged atonce in the battle of Gainess Mill, lost veryheavily, and did not return to its station untilafter nightfall. During the afternoon several of the heavyguns with us were used with effect on columns line in front of (if)ldings Farm. (See ma[j, of the enemy on the north side of the Chicka- p^gt-* 453- Goldings is near the Chickahom- hominy moving against General Porter, caus- iny on the extreme right of the lnion in- ing them to fall back and seek some other route trenched line.) Five days rations, cold tea of attack. The range was about two and one- in the fanteens, etc., etc., had been issued, half miles. About sundown General Hancocks .<iO that everything was ready to follow up the brigade, whi( h held the extreme right of Gen- REAR-GUARD FIG 11 TING AT SAVAGES STATION. 455. A SAMPLE OV THE CHICKAHOMINV SWAMP. (FROM IHOTOGKArH, I eral Smiths line, was attacked furiously by theenemy. It was nearly dark when the fight began,and the combatants were not fifty yards apart;but General Hancock was, asusual,equal to theoccasion, and the enemy was driven back. Thisfight was preceded by a severe artillery fire fromthe enemy, which, however, was soon days operations of Smiths division wereknown as the action at (loldings Farm. The position held by General Smiths divis-ion was about one and one-half miles fromthe Gainess Mill field; and possibly becausethe interval was filled with dense timber, nota gun of the (iainess Mill battle was heard bythe troops in our vicinity. The next morning, the 28th of June, Gen-eral Smiths division was moved to the rearand left of the clearing of Goldings Farm ;General Slocums division remaining to therear and right of Smith, where it had takenposition the night before.
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