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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (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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er foughtwell. No men could under the circumstanceshave withstood such a sudden attack as thatmade by Stonewall Jackson on the flank andrear of the Eleventh Corps; but as soon asJackson encountered troops in condition foraction, his pursuit was checked and he wasbrought to a stand. The panic did not ex-tend beyond the routed corps, nor to all ofthat, for its artillery and so much of its in-fantry as could form a proper line did theirduty, and the army, far from being demor-alized by this mishap, simply ridiculed thecorps which from its supposed want of vigi-lance had allowed itself to be surprised in aposition in which it could not fight. The sur-prise itself was not the fault of the troops, andthe corps redeemed its reputation in subsequentbattles. Both armies were composed in themain of Americans, and there was little moredifference between their men than might befound between those of either army at differentperiods, or under varying circumstances, ;r Dd> HfEd O *l Q n3h3 COK ca
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THE BATTLE OF THE FTRST DAY AT GETTYSBURG. 3 although high bounties had already broughtinto the Federal ranks an inferior elementwhich swelled the muster rolls and the num-ber of stragglers, bounty jumping had notas yet become a regular business. The morale of the Confederate army was,however, much higher at this time than thatof its adversary. It was composed of men notless patriotic, many of whom had gone into thewar with reluctance,but who now felt that theywere defending their homes. They were by thistime nearly all veterans, led by officers havingthe confidence of their government, which tookpains to inspire its soldiers with the same feel-ing. Their successes were extolled and mag-nified ; their reverses palliated or ignored. Ex-aggerations as to the relative numbers of thetroops had been common enough on both sides,but those indulged in at the South had been difficulties. The Army of the Potomac was notin favor at the War Department. Rarely, ifever, had it heard a word of offic

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