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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)
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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(General Grants headquarters werel>ccn arilcd. The building; on the left is athe bluflf, and is much changed since the ^L MILES BELOW (NORTH OF) PITTSBUKG LANDING. in the Cherry mansion, on the right; the portico has since-The town lies a!M)iit a quarter of r new hole)var.J nilc back from THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. 597 and able officer,— a veteran, too, for he had also considerable underbrush. A number ofserved a year in the Mexican war, and had attemjits were made by the enemy to turn ourbeen with his command at Henry and Donel- right tlank, where Sherman was posted, butson. Wallace was mortally wounded in the every effort was repulsed with heavy loss. But the front attack waskept up so vigorouslythat, to prevent thesuccess of these at-temjjts to get on ourtlanks, the Federaltroops were com-pelled several timesto take positions tothe rear, nearer Pitts-burg Landing. Whenthe iiring ceased atnight, the Federal linewas more than a mile
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MRS. CRlMP S HOUSE. — LAND-ING BELOW THE HOUSE. (Crumps Lan.iine is. by river,about five miles below (north ofPittsburg Landing. Here one ofGeneral Lew Wallaces three bri-gades was encamped on the morn-mg of the battle, another brigadebemg two miles back, on the roadto Purdy, and a third brigade halfa mile farther advanced. TheWidow Crumps house is about aquarter of a mile above the land-ing-)

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