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s command for the great skill and ability, and unsurpassed gallantry and patriotism displayed by them in the battles on the Chickahominy, on the 26th, 27th, 29th, and 30th of June, and on the 1st of July, 1862, when with inferior numbers they encountered the barbarous and vindictive enemies of our country, and drove their army of at least one hundred thousand men, under their most accomplished General, from their camps and entrenchments, to find shelter under the guns of their ships. Mr. Kennan, of Ga., asked the gentleman from Virginia to amend his resolution so as to include Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who was in command at the battle of "Seven Pines." Mr. Lyons was in favor of according all honor to Gen. Johnston, but thought it should be done in a separate resolution. After some discussion, the resolution was withdrawn for the time, when. Mr. Goode, of Va., presented a joint resolution, tendering the thanks of Congress and the country to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and th