The next day was the Battle of Glendale. Following the attacks on the rear of his army, General McClellan continued his retreat to Harrison’s Landing. Attacks by Confederate Generals Huger, Longstreet, and Hill were able to pierce Federal defenses by Willis Church. During the fighting, Brigadier General George A. McCall’s division was put in retreat and consequently McCall himself was captured. Counterattacks by Brigadier Generals Hooker and Kearny sealed the fractured line and saved the Federal retreat. Major General Jackson, on the Union right flank, was delayed by an artillery gunfight with Brigadier General Franklin at White Oaks Swamp. To the Union’s left, at Turkey Bridge, Major General Holmes made a failed attempt at turning the
