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Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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d been gained, it was quickly fortified,and there was a certain comfort to General Early inthe sound of the pioneersaxes and in the work of theengineers under his very eyes. He began, he says,to think Sheridan was satisfied with the advantage iSoIrofhe had gained and would not probably press it fur- Year of thether. But Sheridan, instantly on arriving, had re- p- ab-solved to repeat his tactics of the 19th, and sendCrook round the enemys left flank. With admir-able silence and secrecy this was accomplished,without the knowledge of Earlys vigilant lookouton Three Top Mountain. Crook, with the EighthCorps, gained the flank of Little North Mountain,and then stole along its rugged side, under cover Sheridan,of the woods, until he came upon the Confederate Fe^Rwkleft and rear. In the mean while, Rickettss division of the SixthCorps was thrown well forward and to the left ofthe Confederate center, producing the impressionthat the attack would be made from that direction. 308 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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^m _^ SHERIDAN IN THE SHENANDOAH 309 General Early, who, in his ordinary frame of mind, ch. xiii.wonld have welcomed such an attack as he sawhimself threatened with, now only wished fornight to come, and gave orders for his troops to , Early,retire after dark. The sun had already set, and he ye*JofLthedid not dream that a battle and defeat could come pa^to him in the short hour of twilight. But the timewas ample. Suddenly, with no more warning thanthe lightning gives, Crook burst upon the divisionof Lomax, taking their works in reverse and puttingthem to disordered flight. Ricketts immediatelyjoined hands with him, and the rest of Wrights andEmorys men poured like a torrent into the ravineof Tumbling Run, and swarmed up its further slopewith an irresistible rush. The whole Confederateline yielded its formidable position almost withoutstriking a blow. After a very brief contest, says ibid.Early, my whole force retired in considerable con-fusion. The two defeats exerted their cumulative

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