Volume 2 / Part 4 — CHAPTER XX.
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Advance of General McClellan toward Centreville; his Report.—Our Forces ordered to the Peninsula.—Situation at Yorktown.—Siege by General McCellan.—General Johnston assigned to Command; his Recommendation.—Attack on General Magruder at Yorktown.—Movements of McClellan.—The Virginia.—General Johnston retires.—Delay at Norfolk.—Before Williamsburg.—Remark of Hancock.—Retreat up the Peninsula.—Sub-terra Shells used.-Evacuation of Norfolk.—Its Occupation by the Enemy.