TREVILLIAN STATION--DEFEAT OF GENERAL WADE HAMPTON--MALLORY'S

CROSSROADS--SUFFERING OF THE WOUNDED--SECURING THE TRAINS--GENERAL

By the 6th of June General Grant again determined to continue the

movement of the army by its left flank to the south bank of the James

River, his unsuccessful attack on the enemy's works near Cold Harbor

having demonstrated that Lee's position north of the Chickahominy

could not be carried by assault with results that would compensate

for the enormous loss of life which must follow; therefore a further