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Title: Narrative of military operations : directed, during the late war between the states
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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im to do it without exposure,and at the same time to inflict great loss upon ourgarrisons. I could see no other object in holding theposition than that of delaying the enemys progress,to gain time in which arms might be received andtroops organized. But, as the additional day or twoto be gained by enduring a cannonade would havebeen dearly bought in blood, I determined to remainin the position only so long as it could be done with-out exposing our troops to the powerful artillerywhich, I doubted not, would soon be brought to bearupon them. Finding, on the 27th, that the Federal batterieswould be ready for action in five or six days, I in-formed the War Department of the fact, and of myintention to abandon Yorktown and the Warwick,before the fire of that artillery should be opened up-on our troops. The suggestion made in the confer-ence in the Presidents office was also repeated: toform a powerful army near Richmond, of all the avail-able forces of the Confederacy, to fall upon McClel-
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RICHMOND AND Till-, 1EMNM.LA 1862.) ARMY WITHDRAWN FROM YORKTOWN. J19 lans army when it should come within reach. Major-General Huger was instructed, at the same time, toprepare to evacuate Norfolk, and Captain S. S. Lee,commanding the navy-yard at Gosport, to remove toa place of safety as much of the valuable property itcontained as he could. On Saturday, the 3d of May, the army was or-dered to fall back, on information that the Federalbatteries would be ready for service in a day or two;Longstreets and Magruders divisions by the War-wick road, through Williamsburg, and G. W. Smithsand D. H. Hills by that from Yorktown—themovement to begin at midnight, and the rear-guard,of cavalry, to follow at daybreak. Information ofthis was sent to Commodore Tatnall, commandingthe iron-clad Virginia, and Captain Lee, at the navy-yard, and instructions were sent to Major-GeneralHuger to march to Richmond. The four divisions were assembled at Williams-burg about noon of the 4th. Magruders divisio

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