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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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o the front of Kearny, who was reenforced by Taylors and Caldwells brigades.The Confederates gained some ground but no substantial advantage, and the Uniontroops withdrew during the night to Malvern Hill.—EDITOR. THE SEVEN DAYS EIGHTING ABOUT RICHMOND. 471 to our somewhat disheartened forces; for, nextto Malvern Hill, the sacrifice at Beaver Damwas unequaled in demoralization during theentire summer. From Beaver Dam we followed the led- with trees and slashed timber and hastilymade riHe-trenches. General Whiting cameto me with two brigades of Jacksons menand asked me to put him in. I told him 1was just organizing an attack and would give erals closely, encountering them again under him position. My column of attack then was Porter beyond Powhite Creek, where the R. H. Andersons and Picketts brigades, with battle of (lainess Mill occurred, (ieneral A. Laws and floods of Whitings division. We P. Hill, being in advance, deployed his men attacked and defeated the Federals on their left.
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OPENING OK THE BATTLE OF FRAVSER S FARM : SLOCU.ms ARTILLERY ENGAGED WITH THAT OK lUGEK ONTHE CHARLES CITY ROAD. (FROM A SKETCH AT THE TIME BY A. R. WAID.) and opened the attack without consultingme. A very severe battle followed. I cameup with my reserve forces and was preparingto support Hill, who was suffering very se-verely, when I received an order from Gen-eral Lee to make a demonstration against theFederal left, as the battle was not progress-ing to suit him. I threw in three brigades op-posite the Federal left and engaged them ina severe skirmish with infantry and artillery.The battle then raged with great fierceness.General Jackson was again missing, and Gen-eral Lee grew fearful of the result. Soon Ireceived another message from General Lee,saying that unless I could do something theday seemed to be lost. I then determined tomake the heaviest attack I could. The positionin front of me was very strong. An open fieldled down to a difficult ravine a short distancebeyond the Pow

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