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The Daily Dispatch: June 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
g exaggerations that ever yet appeared in print. Not only is our loss greatly overrated and their's underestimated, but they falsely claim to have captured a great number of Confederate prisoners, and studiously avoid mentioning the large party of Yankee captives who were conducted into Richmond after the fight. Before giving the extraordinary narrative which appears in the New York Herald, we will, by way of making the history more entertaining, introduce as a preface the Order of Gen. M'Clellan--Crossing the Chickahominy. On the 25th ultimo, Gen. McClellan issued the following order: Headq'rs army of the Potomac, Camp near Coal Harbor. Va., May 25, 1862. I. Upon advancing beyond the Chickahominy the troops will go prepared for battle at a moment's notice, and will be entirely unencumbered, with the exception of ambulances. All vehicles will be left on the eastern side of the Chickahominy, and carefully packed. The men will leave their knapsacks, packed, with t