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Title: America: an encyclopaedia of its history and biography
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Newman, Stephen Morrell. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Coburn & Cook publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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osions shaking the whole region.When the artillery firing ceased, the con-federates made a general advance, antl amost deadly strife ensued. They scaledCemetery Hill, but were hurled back,terribly maimed, with the loss of fivethousand prisoners, and several thousandsmall arms. This was near sunset, andended the battle of Gettysburg. Botharmies were eighty thousand strong.The federal loss was twenty-three thou-sand. The confederate loss was neverreported, but was estimated from reliabledata at thirty-six thousand. Lees con-dition was critical; and, ignorant of hisopponents condition, he began to retreat,both armies having lain on the battleground over night. The retreat wascontinued toward the Potomac, in themidst of heavy rains, on the 5th. Leewas disheartened, and in great distress.His magnificent army was cut away one-half, and the other half worn out. Theveterans who fell in wintlrt)ws at Gettys-burg could never be replaced. The ideaof northern invasion was now a thing of mM^^i, I?
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G9 LJ 1863-1868.) the past. Lee drew up his army behindthe Rapid Anna, to nurse it for a day ofvengeance. The battle field presentedan awful spectacle of death, desolation,and destruction. The stupendous tor-rents of artillery fire swept everythingbefore them, plowing great ditches inthe earth; while the bayonet charges andheavy volleys of musketry marked theircourses with blood. Tliis was the cul-minating battle of the war. Meadeburied his dead, cared for the wounded,and then slowly followed Lee. CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG. 1863. July 4. By the 19th of MayGrant had completely invested Vicks-burg—Sherman and McPherson havingpositions on Walnut Hills, near Chicka-saw Bayou, and McClernand on thesouth, at Mount Albans. By a skillfuland timely manceuver. Porter changedGrants base of supplies from GrandGulf to the Yazoo. Grant resolved tocapture Vicksburg before Johnston couldcollect an army large enough to fall uponhis rear, and then drive Johnston outof Western Mississippi. Sherman wasorder

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