Chapter 10: fighting along the Chickahominy.
- Retreat -- Lee's bold initiative -- Lee and his lieutenants planning battle -- the Confederates' loss at Mechanicsville -- Gaines's Mill -- A. P. Hill's fight -- Longstreet's reserve division put in -- McClellan's change of base -- Savage Station -- Longstreet engages McClellan's main force at Frayser's Farm (or Glendale） -- President Davis on the field -- testimony of Federal Generals -- fierce bayonet charges-“Greek meets Greek” -- capture of General McCall -- McClellan's masterly retreat.
The day after Stuart's return I rode over to General Lee's Headquarters and suggested that General Jackson be withdrawn from the Valley to take position on our left, to march against McClellan's right, and was informed that the order for Jackson was sent when Whiting's division was detached and sent to join him. Then it was that General Lee revealed the plan indicated in his instructions of the 11th, for General Jackson to march down and attack McClellan's rear, while he made a simultaneous attack upon his front. The suggestion was offered that the enemy had probably destroyed the bridges and ferries on the Pamunkey along the line of his rear, which might leave Jackson in perilous condition if the front attack should be delayed; that that attack must be hazardous, as the enemy was in well-fortified positions with four army corps. After deliberation, he changed the plan and accepted the suggestion in favor of combining his fighting columns on the north side of the Chickahominy in echelon march against McClellan's right flank, leaving troops in the trenches in front of McClellan to defend in case of a move towards Richmond. At the first mention of this march before this conference a change of base was spoken of by General D. H. Hill,
