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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, V. Pope's campaign in Northern Virginia. August, 1862. (search)
ion: In order to keep McClellan stationary, or, if possible, to cause hint to withdraw, General D. H. Hill, commanding south of James River was directed to threaten his communications by seizing favorable positions below Westover, from which to attack the transports in the river. Lee's Report: Reports of the Operations of Northern Virginia, vol. i., p. 15. This did little damage, however, and on the following morning General McClellan threw a force across the river, seized the position—Coggin's Point—fortified it, and was never troubled more. But little did the Confederate commander dream, when he was thus laboring to cause McClellan to withdraw, that the generalin-chief of the United States army was co-operating to the same end. Moreover, it happened that, while General Halleck was willing to remove the army from the Peninsula before Lee made any effort with the same view, a certain measure taken by the Confederate commander with an entirely different aim, greatly expedited the wit
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
34; on the poor discipline of the army, 67; appointed to Army of Northern Virginia, 142; withdraws Jackson from Shenandoah Valley, 148; plan of attack on the Chickahominy, 144; concentrated at Newmarket Crossroads, 159; on the battle of Malvern Hill, 163; after Malvern Hill battle withdraws towards Richmond, 164; fault in the Peninsular campaign unnoticed, 165; wished McClellan out of the Peninsula, 171; Seven Days battle—see Seven Days; opened fire on shipping at Harrison's Landing from Coggin's Point—is repulsed, 172; resolved to strike northward on McClellan's evacuation of the Peninsula, 174; on advance on General Pope, 175; unwonted rashness in front of Pope-Longstreet and Jackson separated, 178; joins Jackson at Manassas, 184; abandoned pursuit of Pope, and turned to north of the Potomac, 193; determined to cross into Maryland, 194; purposes after campaign against Pope, 194; crossed the Potomac towards Leesburg, 196; plan of Maryland campaign, 198; advances towards Harper's Ferry