. The Peninsula : McClellan's campaign of 1862. reached headquarters , and soon after daylight his divisions were in posi-tion on Malvern Hill. General Sumner receiving intelligence that GeneralFranklin had retreated and that General Heintzelman wasabout to do so, at 9 fell back with reluctance. Heknew he had won a victory and did not wish to leave thefield. The object of the rebels in this attack on the retreat-ing column-was to cut it in two at the Charles City cross-roads and gain possession of the Quaker road. Had thisattempt been successful, or had they been able to detain
. The Peninsula : McClellan's campaign of 1862. reached headquarters , and soon after daylight his divisions were in posi-tion on Malvern Hill. General Sumner receiving intelligence that GeneralFranklin had retreated and that General Heintzelman wasabout to do so, at 9 fell back with reluctance. Heknew he had won a victory and did not wish to leave thefield. The object of the rebels in this attack on the retreat-ing column-was to cut it in two at the Charles City cross-roads and gain possession of the Quaker road. Had thisattempt been successful, or had they been able to detain theUnion troops long enough to enable Jackson to gain therear at White Oak Swamp, the result might have beendisastrous. As it was, they were baffled in their attemptseither to break our line or delay the march. Franklin keptJackson at bay and prevented him from crossing at WhiteOak Bridge, while Sumner and Heintzelman with Slocumand McCall repulsed the attacks of Longstreet and only reverse suffered was that on McCalls line, where we. Field of the Seven Days Battle. 130 THE PENINSULA. lost ten pieces of artillery, and some of these were abandonedon the field and not secured by the enemy until the nextday. The retreat was resumed at night, and by morning ofthe next day all were posted on the slopes of Malvern rebels did not make any extravagant claims to says : Owing to the nature of the ground—thatconcert of action so essential to complete success could notobtain—particularly attacking such odds against us in posi-tion. The enemy, however, was driven back slowly andsteadily, contesting the ground inch by inch. He succeededin getting some of his batteries off the field and, by holdinghis last position until dark, in withdrawing his forces undercover of night. General A. P. Hill states: The chargewhich broke McCalls line was made by Field and Pendersdivisions; the Sixtieth and Fifty-fifth Virginia captured twobatteries of Napoleon guns, a
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