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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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Purely road, durin;; the morn-ing of the scc/.nd days fight, General Crittenden ordered the Eighth and Eighteenth (Illinois) to take a rebel battery which some regiment hadCTvicavored to capture, but had Ijecn driven b.ack with he.ivy loss. The men received the order with a cheer, and charged on a double-quick*The enemy, after firing a few shots, abanlonerl his guns antl retreated to the woods. My color-bearer rushed up and planted his colors on one ofthe guns, an<l the color-ljcarer of the Eighteenth Kjok possession of another. THE BATTLE OE SHILOH. 613 our hands. The Tennessee and Cumberland which we expected to continue to hold. But rivers, from their mouths to the head of navi- such supplies within the reach of Confederate gation, were secured. But when Confederate armies 1 regarded as much contraband as armies were collected which not only attempted arms or ordnance stores. Their destruction to hold a line farther south, from Memphis to was accomplished without bloodshed, and
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general leonidas polk, bishop of louisiana — killed near kenesaw mountain, in june,(from a photograph by morse.) Chattanooga, and Knoxville, and on to theAtlantic, but assumed the offensive, and madesuch a gallant effort to regain what had beenlost, then, indeed, I gave up all idea of savingthe Union except by complete conquest. Upto that time it had been the policy of our army,certainly of that portion commanded by me,to protect the property of the citizens whoseterritory was invaded, without regard to theirsentiments, whether Union or Secession. Afterthis, however, I regarded it as humane to bothsides to protect the persons of those found attheir homes, but to consume everything thatcould be used to support or supply armies.Protection was still continued over such sup-plies as were witliin lines held by us, and tended to the same result as the destructionof armies. I continued this policy to the closeof the war. Promiscuous pillaging, however,was discouraged and punished. Instruct

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