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THE BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL.

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THE PARSONAGE, NEAR MALVERN HILL.

This house 'was in the rear of the Confederate line, which was for a*sliort time the headquarters of Generalwhich -was formed in the woods shown in the hack- Lee. The trees of this neighborhood were riddled withground. It was used as a Confederate hospital after the bullets and torn with shell, and in 1885 , when this viewtight. The road is the Church road (known also as the was photographed, the corn was growing out of many aQuaker road), and the view is from near C. W. Smith’s, soldier’s grave.— Editors.

Long Bridge road toward Richmond until we came in contact with theenemy’s pickets. Then we returned and started anew. Fortunately I wasat the head of the column to give the necessary orders, so that no delayoccurred in retracing our steps.

Our new held of battle embraced Malvern Hill, just north of Turkey Creekand Crew’s Hill, about one mile farther north. Both hills have given nameto the interesting and eventful battle which took place on July 1st, andwhich I shall now attempt to describe.

The forces which on this occasion came under my control, and wereengaged in or held ready to enter the contest, were my own corps, consistingof Morell’s, Sykes’s and McCall’s divisions, Colonel H. J. Hunt’s ArtilleryReserve of one hundred pieces, including Colonel R. O. Tyler’s Connecticut siege artillery, Couch ’s division of Keyes’s corps, the brigades of John C.Caldwell and Thomas F. Meagher of Sumner’s corps, and the brigade ofD. E. Sickles of Heintzelman’s corps. Though Couch was placed under mycommand, he was left uncontrolled by me, as will be seen hereafter. Theother brigades were sent to me by their respective division commanders, inanticipation of my needs or at my request.