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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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AT SEVEN TJNES. 125 the remainder of the right wing as early as pos- front each, and four batteries. These two divis- sible after dayhght, chrecting his eftbrts north ions constituted Sumners corps. On the left, instead of any farther east, pivoting this move- Keyess corps (part of Couchs and Caseys ment on the position of Whiting, near Fair divisionsj held the strong works south of the Oaks Station. General Longstreet was as- Williamsburg road, called the third line of sured that when a determined attack by the defense, jjrotected by sixty pieces of artillery. right wing was well developed, it should be The interval between Keyes and Sumner was favored by a strong demonstration, and, if a little more than a mile, and was held b)- necessary, by a real attack, by ^\hitings com- Heintzelmanscorps (Hooker.during the night. mand, and other troopsto be brought up on theNine-mile road. Long being in bivouac near theintrenchments on the Will-iamsburg road), consistingon the ground of Kearnys
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street objected to renew-ing the attack with theright wing of the army,and said it ought to be division and about half ofHookers division, with e\-ery practicable approachcommanded by a numer-The troops outside the strong made by my division, which he thought had ous artillery done little fighting on the 31st. After hearing works south of the Williamsburg road wereall he chose to say on that subject, I gave the partly protected, a line of ritle-pits havingpositive order, as above, and General Long- been thrown up during the night. The pick-street returned to the Williamsburg road.* ets of the three corps were in communicationI then wrote to General Lee,—who was in throughout. General Mindil placed the out-general charge in Richmond of all Confederate posts forming the connection between Sum-army operations,— telling him what had been ner and Heintzelman. determined on, what orders had been given,and asking that such reenforcements as werewithin reach should be sent. General Leesre

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