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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—Richmond. (search)
bor, we come to New Bridge, which connects the hamlet of Old Tavern with the Gaines' Mill heights. One kilometre below this terward into a large clearing, in the midst of which, at Old Tavern, it again connects with the Richmond road to New Bridge o sustain his attack. Smith's orders were to proceed to Old Tavern, in order to cover the left wing of the army in case thek Swamp; Smith, on their left, continued inactive around Old Tavern. In short, the two generals-in-chief were both unconsc, inasmuch as he was the assailant. Leisurely posted at Old Tavern, he was still waiting for the booming of cannon on the Wm the Williamsburg road, and a man on horseback, leaving Old Tavern, would have had no more than ten kilometres to ride, witner placed one brigade and a half on the right, fronting Old Tavern; on the left the remainder of Sedgwick's division was di make himself master of the approaches to the plateau of Old Tavern, McClellan, still manoeuvring as if conducting the opera