CHAPTER III.

FROM BULL RUN TO SEVEN PINES. (CONTINUED.)

Long Rest--Each Side Recruiting Their Armies--McClellan in Command--His March on Richmond by the Way of the James River--Jackson's Brilliant Valley Campaign--The Battles Around Richmond--Seven Pines--Mechanicsville --Beaver Dam--Gaines' Mill--Fair Oaks--The Wounding of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston--McClellan's Defeat--The Spoils of the Battle.