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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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n innumbers, and that the battle would commencebefore our troops were up. There was a gapin Slocums line awaiting a division of infantry,and as some demonstrations of Ewell aboutdaylight indicated an immediate attack atthat point, I had to draw batteries from otherparts of the line — for the Artillery Reservewas just then starting from Taneytown — tocover it until it could be properly filled. Stillthere was no hostile movement of the enemy,and General Meade directed Slocum to holdhimself in readiness to attack Ewell with theFifth and Twelfth, so soon as the Sixth Corpsarrived. After an examination Slocum reportedthe ground as unfavorable, in which Warrenconcurred and advised against an attack there.The project was then abandoned, and Meadepostponed all offensive operations until theenemys intentions should be more clearlydeveloped. In the mean time he took precau- v~, >:•%« - --•■ ^&> f € feife«S :3>- K \ THE WHEAT-FIELD. THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG. 285 S.
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SICKLES S POSITION AT THE PEACH ORCHARD, VIEWED FROM LONGSTREET S POSITION ON THE EMMETTSBURC ROAD, LOOKING NORTH. tionary measures. It was clearly now to his ad-vantage to fight the battle where he was, andhe had some apprehension that Lee would at-tempt to turn his flank, and threaten his com-munications, just what Longstreet had beenadvising. In this case it might be necessaryto fall back to the Pipe Creek line if possible,or else to follow Lees movement into theopen country. In either case, or in that of aforced withdrawal, prudence dictated thatarrangements should be made in advance,and General Meade gave instructions for ex-amining the roads and communications, andto draw up an order of movement which Gen-eral Butterfield, the chief of staff, seems to haveconsidered an order-absolute for the with-drawal of the army without a battle. These instructions must have been givenearly in the morning, for General Butterfieldstates that it was on his arrival fromTaneytown,which place he l

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