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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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, even at this distant day, foundation. Raw men and officers were to and after much bitter experience, any regret be disciplined and instructed. The regular that he persisted in his determination. Wash- army was too small to furnish more than a ington was surrounded by a line of strong portion of the general officers, and a very detached works, armetl with garrison artillery, small portion of the staff, so that the staff de- and secure partments and staff officers were to be fash- against as- ioned mainly out of the intelligent and enllui- sault. In- siastic, but perfectly raw, material furnished, termediate Artillery, small arms, and ammunition were pointswere to be fabricated, or purchased from abroad ; occupied wagons, ambulances, bridge trains, camp etiuipage, hosjntal stores,and all the vast impcdi-mciiia and material indis-pensable tor an army in thefield, were to be manufact-ured. So great was thedifficulty of ))rocuring smallarms that the armament ofthe infantry was not satis-
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MAP OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. by smaller works, battery epau-lements, infantry intrenchments,etc. The result was a line ofdefenses which could easily beheld by a comparatively smallgarrison against any assault,and could be reduced only by■ the slow operations of a regularsiege, requiring much time andmaterial, and aftbrding full op-portunity to bring all the re-sources of the country to its relief. At no factorily completed until the winter, andtime during the war were the enemy able to a large part of the field batteries were notundertake the siege of Washington, nor, if re- ready for service until the spring of 1862.spectably garrisoned, could it ever have been As soon as possible divisions were organized,in danger from an assault. The maximum the formation being essentially completed ingarrison necessary to hold the place against Noveml)er. a siege from any and every quarter was tliirty- On the ist of No\ember. u;)on the retirementfour thousand troops, with forty field-guns; of

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