CHAPTER VI.

THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG.

The Attack on Fort Magruder--Hancock occupies Two Redoubts--The Slaughter in Early's Brigade--The Fifth North Carolina Regiment and Twenty-Fourth Virginia mercilessly exposed--A Hard-Fought Engagement--A Confederate Victory--McClellan not on the Field the Greater Part of the Day--Hancock called "The Superb" by McClellan--Johnston pays High Tribute to Longstreet 72