Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 3 - The Peninsula by Alexander Stewart Webb

Author:Alexander Stewart Webb [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geschichte
ISBN: 9783849619879
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2012-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

On the 27th the troops again moved forward, and supported the advanced picket-line, which was within about five miles of Richmond. The Eleventh Maine and One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania held this honorable and exposed position, which they maintained until the 31st, when they met the first force of the enemy's attack. General Keyes, commanding the corps, was ordered to select and fortify a strong position on the Richmond road. He accordingly commenced a line near Savage's Station, a mile and a half behind Seven Pines. This is the work mentioned by General Couch, in his diary, on the 27th, where he speaks of a strong entrenched line constructed by his men, under orders of General McClellan—the position of which is shown on the map. As it was deemed important by the commanding general that the position of Seven Pines—the junction of the Williamsburg road with the Nine Mile road—should be strongly held, Lieutenant MeAllester was directed by General Barnard, Chief of Engineers, to fortify the ground.

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