Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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o of its regiments. Sections orfull batteries of the Division artillery wereposted to sweep the avenues of approach, andthe fields on which these avenues opened.Wherever possible and useful, guns wereplaced between brigades and on higher ground,in front or rear, as judgment dictated. Theunemployed guns were in reserve with theirdivisions. Batteriesof Hunts Reserve .Artillerywere in rear of the left, covered by timberfrom view of the enemy, but ready to move ata moments call, or from their stand to pourtheir itresistil)le fire into the enemys face incase they broke our line. McCalls division formed a .second line, nearthe artillery in reserve, in rear of Morell, andimmcdiateivbehind the woods on the leit. Rey-nolds, the first to leave Beaver Dam Creek, hadgone to Barkers Mill to cover the ajjproachesfrom Cold Harbor and Disjjatch Station to(irapevine Bridge; but hearing the battle ragingon our left, and having no enemv in his front, 316 THE BATTLE OF GAIXESS MILL AXD ITS PRELIMINARIES.
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IXION DEFTNSeS AT ELLERSONs MILL, (DRAWN DV CHARLKS KENDRICK FROM A SKETCH AT THE TIIIE BY A. R. V.AUD.) ; while Kmory of Cookes cavalr\, with artillery,was near at hand to ilo the duty assigned tohim. he hastened to join McCall, arriving op-portunely in rear of (iriflins left. tieneral Cooke was instructed to takeposition, with cavalr>, under the hills in thevalley of the Chickahominy — there with theaid of artiller> to guard our left flank. Hewas especially enjoined to intercept, gather,and hold all stragglers, and under no circum-stances to leave the valley for the purpose ofcoming upon the hill held by our infantry, orpa.ss in front of our line on the left. Stone-mans detachment of cavalry and infantrv.miles to the north, was no longer available.Pearing it might be cut off by Jackson, I sent.Stoneman word to make his way as best hecould to White House, and in proj^er timeto rejoin the army — wherever it might be. Believing my forces too small to defend suc-cessfully this

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