...s at that point, the brigade lay waiting orders until nearly four o'clock P. M., when it was ordered to cross the Chickahominy in the advance of the division, and effect a junction with the troops of Major-General A. P. Hill 's command, then moving down the Chickahominy in the direction of Mechanicsville. The order was executed, and the infantry crossed at once, forming line of battle across the road leading to the vill...