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lished itself on a line in rear and parallel to the Second, its left slightly overlapping that corps. But the next morning, the Confederate horse showed such a bold front, though 'twas but a scratch force with cattle like walking trestles, that General Grant determined to suspend the movements to the railroad, and Birney was ordered to swing forward the left of the Second corps so as to envelop the right flank of the Confederates. Swinton, Army of the Potomac, p. 512. Action of twenty-second of June. This change of orders led to delay, which Lee, consummate master of that art which teaches that offensive movements are the foundation of a good defence, was swift to improve. Riding to his right, he sent for Mahone, who, as civil engineer, had surveyed the country and knew every inch of the ground hidden by the tangled chaparral. Few words were wasted. Mahone proposed that he be allowed to take three brigades of Anderson's old division and strike the enemy in flank. Lee asse