michie's

Updated: June 28, 2025

Winding through a cart-track in Michie's Woods, we came upon fully one third of the whole army, or the remnant of all that portion engaged at Gaines's Mill; the Reserves, Porter's Corps, Slocum's division, and Meagher's brigade, perhaps thirty-thousand men.

George Alfred Townsend - Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,: and His Romaunt Abroad During the War

The scene presented in Michie's lawn and oak grove, on Saturday morning, was terribly picturesque, and characteristic of the calamity of war. The well was beset by crowds of wounded men, perishing of thirst, who made frantic efforts to reach the bucket, but were borne back by the stronger desperadoes.

George Alfred Townsend - Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,: and His Romaunt Abroad During the War