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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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earn that the whole armyhad crossed the Chickahominy. The army crossed the Chickahominy im-mediately after the affair of Drewrys Bluff.So that if Colonel Lee delivered a letter tome then, he of course reported to the Presi-dent that I had crossed the river. And as thearmys nearest approach to Richmond wason the 17th, his meeting with the light artil-lery must have occurred that day. So onecannot understand his surprise. He says on the same page : General Johnstons explanation of this (to me)unexpected movement was, that he thought the waterof the Chickahominy unhealthy. . . . He also ad-verted to the advantage of having the river in frontrather than in the rear of him. The army cro.ssed the Chickahominy be-cause the possession of James River by theenemy suggested the probability of a changeof base to that river. And it was necessarythat we should be so placed as to be able tomeet the United States army approachingeither from York River or along the James. MANASSAS TO SEVEN PIiVES. JI3
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N.,. O R T H g:^^--^^^ R°^^ I tik:: A MAP OF THE \IRGIN1A CAMPAIGNS. Water was not considered, for we did notuse that of the Chickahominy; nor the posi-tion of the little stream behind us, for we hadfour bridges over it. The position of SevenPines was chosen for the center, the rightsomewhat thrown back. But the scarcity ofwater induced me to draw nearer to Rich-mond, which was done on the 17 th. Mr. Davis makes statements (Vol. II., p.106) regarthng the strength of the Army ofNorthern Virginia on the 2 istand 31st of May;but as he treats the subject more minutely far-ther on, we will examine what he says (p. 153):Vol. XXX.—II. • In the Archives Office of the War Department inWashington, there are on file some of the field andmonthly returns of the Army of Northern Virginia.. . . The following statements have been taken fromthose papers by Major W.nlter H. T.aylor, of the staffof Cieneral Lee. . . . A statement of the strength of the troops under(leneral Johnston shows that on Ma

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