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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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on earlyin the morning.—Editor. Longstreet came into actionafter four oclock. He thus de-scribes the difficulties beforehim: In front of me the ene-my occupied the wooded slopeof Turkey Hill, the crest ofwhich is fifty or sixty feet high-er than the plain over whichmy troops must pass to makean attack. The plain is abouta quarter of a mile wide; thefarther side was occupied bysharp-shooters. Above these,and on the slope of the hill,was a line of infantry behindtrees, felled so as to form agood breastwork. The crest ofthe hill, some forty feet abovethe last line, was strengthenedby rifle-trenches and occupiedby infantry and artillery. Inaddition to this the plain wasenfiladed by batteries on theother side of the Chickahominy.I was, in fact, in the very posi-tion from which the enemywished us to attack him. All was done that mortalscould do by the two gallant di-visions struggling against suchdisadvantages, but nothing de-cisive could be effected until thefull Confederate forces could
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CHARGE OP CONFEDERATES UNDER RIPLEV AND PENDER AT BEAVER DAM CREF,K, JUST ABOVE ELLER,SOn,S MILL. THE BATTLE OE GAINESS MILL. be brought into action. In the meanwhile,Jackson moved forward on what we afterwardsfound to be the Grapevine Bridge road, mydivision in advance. A few squads of Federalstragglers were picked up, and some wagons andambulances were captured. One sutler, in hisdesperate desire to save his fancy stock, tried todash his wagon through Ander-sons brigade. Repaid no at- iz^lz^i^ 3tention to the orders to halt, or lloS-^piS^^^ tato the presented bayonets. For- -^s^i§5^^^ :3tunately for him, his horses did 301 began with (ieneral I). H. Hill on the leftand extending to the right, through Fwells,Jacksons, and Whitings divisions ... inthe order named. The swamp was to be g(Jt-ten through, filled with sharp-shcjoters, andobstructed with felled timber and checkedwith brush-wood. The report continues: In ing to surrender,ragged graybacks got tooth-some delicacies then, from

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