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Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort (find matches)
Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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gan his retreat from the Chicka-hominy by way of White Oak Swamp. Assoon as his movement was discovered pur-suit was made by the Confederates, whoattacked his rear guard under General Sum-ner at Savage Station late in the afternoonof the twenty-ninth. Sumner held his grounduntil the darkness put an end to the action,and during the night of the twenty-ninthwithdrew across White Oak Swamp, destroy-ing all the bridges after him. End of the Seven Days Battles. On the thirtieth General Lee made a lasteffort to prevent McClellan from reachingthe James, and towards the close of theafternoon the bloody battle of Fraziers Farmwas fought. It was continued until nineoclock. The Federal force at Fraziers Farmheld its ground until the remainder ofMcClellans army had safely traversed WhiteOak Swamp. The object of the battle hav-ing been accomplished, McClellan resumedhis retreat to the James River, and took posi-tion upon Malvern Hill, within a short dis-tance of that str<am. Here Ik; massed hjs
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