REPORT OF CAPT. GEORGE B M«CLELLAN. 



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Plate 8. 



E^„.j,le of the arrangcnent of the Outj>osts in a local,, u„.re the enemy can approach only by afeu>pas^. 



§435. 



The enemy is beyond the village N ; our own detacliments occudv A inrt ll • ,h„ p 

 infantry ; 10 companies of cavaTy and .vo p.eces of ,.„.e ar, lery ".d.t led "on I ^Zl^^'T ' V"""" °' ^"="^^ '"" ^ O™-" °' 

 .ng of 5 companies and a guns. E is a n,a„, guard of 1 con,pa„y/s„ppor in he picket, crdG eae.r r'' T "'""■ "" " '"' "''"'' '°"^"'- 

 S respectively. E' is a main guard of 1 company, supportin.- the pickerr" whi h . . ' " ''"'" " """"^ "' '^e crossings R and 



posts a vidette at V. The pickets G, G', G" G'" each consist nf iT, ' Z ^ ""' """'"' " ^ ""'' ""' "' =" "°^™g ="'°™. "■"i G'", which 

 village L, and patrols the road beyond. ' ' °' ' "''"""'■ "^ " =■ P'-^""' ^"--""^ "^ « ^-P-y which posts two videttes nel the 



videl^e^t'thlrornri"'""'^'^™''"'''"'''^'^'"""''^ ° " '^ P'^"" "^'onging to the detachment B, which p„,„ . 



i Infantry. 



I •"""^' imm lOavalry. 



Scale of miles. 



