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Title: The century illustrated monthly magazine
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: American literature
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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s tension they had under-gone. In order to permit a small number to watchover the safety of the whole army, and at thesame time to prepare the way for ulterioroperations, so that when the army advancedagain upon Richmond by either bank of theJames its base of supplies might be securewith a small guard, the position was rapidlyintrenched, the work being completed aboutthe 10th of July. Prior to the 10th of July two brigades ofShieldss division, numbering about 5300 men,had joined the army, bringing its numbers forduty up to 89,549, officers and men, aboutthe same strength as that with which it en-tered upon the siege of Yorktown, the reen- The paragraph enclosed by brackets was in the first sketch of the article but was omitted byGeneral McClellan in the final manuscript.—W. C. P. FROM THE PENINSULA TO ANTIETAM. 123 forcements received in the shape of the divis-ions of Franklin and McCall, the brigadesof Shields, and a few regiments from FortMonroe having slightly more than made good
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the losses in battle, and by disease. Butamong these 89,000 for duty on the 10th ofJuly were included all the extra duty menemployed as teamsters, and in the various ad-ministrative services, andwith the further deductions^ necessary for camp guards; guards ofcommunications,depots and trains, flankdetachments, etc., reducedthe numbers actually avail-able for offensive battle tonot more than (60,000 ?) A few days sufficed togive the men the neces-sary rest, and to renew thesupplies exhausted on themarch across the Penin-sula; the army was oncemore in condition to un-dertake any operation jus-tified by its numbers, andwas in an excellent posi-tion to advance by eitherbank of the James. (Endof finished draft.) *Jr t* *Jt? tv *ip It was at last upon itstrue line of operations,which I had been unableto adopt at an earlier dayin consequence of the Sec-retary of Wars peremptoryorder of the 18th of Mayrequiring the right wing tobe extended to the northof Richmond in order toestablish communic

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