should still have been obliged to continue down the James River to

GENERAL WILSON'S ADVANCE TOWARD HANOVER COURT HOUSE--CROSSING THE

PAMUNKEY--ENGAGEMENT OF HAWE'S SHOP--FIGHT AT MATADEQUIN CREEK--

CAPTURE OF COLD HARBOR--THE FIGHT TO RETAIN THE PLACE--MOVEMENTS OF

When I rejoined the Army of the Potomac, near Chesterfield Station,

the heavy battles around Spottsylvania had been fought, and the

complicated manoeuvres by which the whole Union force was swung

across the North Anna were in process of execution. In conjunction