...llent condition to set out at 3 A. M. on the 26th, with less than 10 miles to go to reach the enemy. The result of crossing the Central R. R. at 10 A. M. was to fight the battle a day late and at Gaines Mill , three miles nearer McClellan's main army, thus losing the opportunity to cut off Porter's corps at Beaver Dam. This opportunity, the cream of the whole campaign, was lost by Jackson's not demandin...