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always done, failed, and he'd
escaped. Huger was after words
with Magruder, court martial-
ed. The former was relieved of
his command and never has been
restored, the latter was as a pun-
ishment sent to Texas.

After his defeat at Malvern Hill
McLelland whiped demoralized
and pursued, fell back to Har-
risons Landing, where he sent a
flaming dispatch to Washington
and issue "general orders" to
his army, saying he had [?-]
ly "changed his base." I here
quote a few lines from his orders
to his soldiers on this arrival
at Harrisons Landing.