... much delay ensued. So much was a head needed, and so tardy were re-enforcements, that while Hooker was heavily engaged, at noon, Governor Sprague and the Prince de Joinville rode in great haste to Yorktown , to urge McClellan to go immediately to the front. I suppose those in front can attend to that little matter, was his short reply; but he was finally induced to mount his horse at two o'clock, and...