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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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General A. P. Hill. GeneralHolmes was to take up position below me onthe New Market or River road to be in readi-ness to cooperate with me and to attack such 472 THE SEVEX DAYS FIGHTLXG ABOUT RICHMOND. Federals as would come in his reach. Jack-son was to closely pursue the Federal rear.crossing at the Grape\ine bridge, and comingin on the north of the Cross-roads. Huger was position when I was ready. After getting mytroops in position I called upon General A. P.Hill to throw one of his brigades to cover myright and to hold the rest of his troops in readi- to attend to the Federal right flank, and take ness to give pursuit when the enemy had been jX)sition on the Charles City road west of the dislodged. My line extended from near the Cross-roads. Thus we were to envelop the Quaker road across the New Market road to Federal rear and make the destruction of that the Federal right. The ground upon which 1 part of McClellans armv sure. To reach my approached was much lower than that occu-
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..f^ / .-Yf^ ^-. - -^ CMARGe OP CO.NFEUERATES UPON KAND(jLs BATTERY AT FRAYSKks FARM. (DRAWN liV A. C. REDWOOD.) fThe cnntcst for this battery w.is one of the most severe encounters of the day. The Confederates (the 55th and 60th Virginia Regiments)»d»ai>cewn roa«l and moving down to its intersectionO^ith the New .Market road, where I camped forthe night about three miles southwest of Fray-scrs Farm. On the morning of the 30th I movedtwo miles nearer up anfl made preparation tomtcrcept the Federals as they retreated towardJames River, (ieneral .\Ieing in a

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