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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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Station, in reserve. Then came Gen-eral Sumners corps and General Heintzel-mans. General Keyess was to cross theWhite Oak Swamp at once. General Porterscorps had already crossed the swamp, and wasunder orders to press forward to a ))Ositionon the James River. This new line was about two miles nearer gathered in tents two thousand fi\e hundredsick and wounded, most of tlie latter fromGainess Mill. General Slocums and General Smiths di-visions both moved to their new positionsbefore daylight of Sunday, the 29th of June —the day of the fighting at Savages Station.As General Slocums division had suffered sose\erely in the battle of Gainess Mill, andhad not yet recovered from its exhaustion,(ieneral McClellan ordered it to cross WhiteOak Swamp at once, and it accordingly leftits ))osition. Through some inadvertence Iwas not informed of this ciiange of plan ; sowhen I joined (ieneral Smith early in themorning, 1 found him in his proper position, 458 REAR-GCAUD FIGHTIXG AT SAVAGES STATION.
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THE ?tto.SL> USE OF IMO.N WOKKS AT FAIR OAKS STATION, LOOKlNeTHE FIELD BY A. R. WAUD.) SOUTH. (from sketch MADE ON fOn the day of the battle of Gainess Mill the Confederates made demonstrations along the front of McClellans left wingr, of which FairOaks Statuo was the center. After the battle of Seven Pines this Dosition had been greatly strengthened, as may be seen by comparing theabOTC picture «nth the sketches of the same position in the May CENTURY.—EDITOR.) but with an interval of more tlian a mile was, at the very time we learned this fact, between him and the troops on the left, engaged with the enemy at Aliens Farm. It was soon learneil. by sending out cavalry, It was also apparent that straggling parties that General Sumner had not moved from of the enemy were in front of the interval the position that he held the day before, and already mentioned. These circumstances

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