REDOUBT NO. 3, June 25,
1862 — 3.15 p.m.
The enemy are making a desperate resistance to the advance
of our picket lines. Kearny's and one-half of Hooker's are where I want them.
I have this moment re-enforced Hooker's right with a brigade
and a couple of guns, and hope in a few minutes to finish the work intended for
to-day. Our men are behaving splendidly. The enemy are fighting well also. This
is not a battle; merely an affair of Heintzelman's corps, supported by Keyes,
and thus far all goes well. We hold every foot we have gained.
If we succeed in what we have undertaken it will be a very
important advantage gained. Loss not large thus far. The fighting up to this
time has been done by General Hooker's division, which has behaved as usual — that
is, most splendidly.
On our right Porter has silenced the enemy's batteries in
his front.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General,
Commanding.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
11, Part 1 (Serial No. 12), p. 50
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