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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The 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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line, or to keep open communication withFredericksburg without being turned on myright flank by Lees whole army and cut offaltogether from Washington. On the 2ist of August, being then at Rap-pahannock Station, my little army confrontedby nearly the whole force under (ieneral Lee,which had compelled the retreat of Mc(^lellanto Harrisons Landing, I was positively as- Warrenton and Gainesville, to cover the War-renton ))ike, and still to confront the enemyra))idly marching to my right. Stonewall Jacksons movement was plainlyseen and promptly reported, and I notified(ieneral Halleck of it. He informed me onthe 23d of August that heavy reenforcementswould begin to arrive at Warrcnton Junctionon the next day (24th), and as my orders stillheld me to the Rappahannock I naturallysupposed that these troops would be hurriedforward to me with all si)eed. Franklins corpsespecially, I asked, should be sent raj)idly to(iainesville. I also telegraphed Colonel Haupt THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN. 447
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to direct one of the strongest divisions comingforward, and to be at Warrenton Junction onthe 24th, to be put in the works at ManassasJunction. A cavalry force had been sent for-ward to observe the Thoroughfare Gap earlyon the morning of the 26th, but nothing washeard from it. On the night of August 26th Jacksons ad-vance, having passed Thoroughfare Gap, struckthe Orange and Alexandria railroad at Ma-nassas Junction, and made it plain to me thatall of the recnforcements and movements ofthe troops promised me had altogether failed.Had Franklin been even at Centreville, orhad Coxs and Sturgiss divisions beenas far west as Bull Run on that day,the movement of Jackson on Ma-nassas Junction would not have beenpracticable. As Jacksons movement on Ma-nassas Junction marks the beginningof the second battle of Bull Run, itis essential to a clear understandingof subsequent operations to give thepositions of the army under my com-mand on the night of August 26th, asalso the movements and operati

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