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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (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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up from the direction of hisline, and at his request I conducted them toGeneral Jackson, whom I found sitting on his crossed the Boonsboro bridge as a flank support to Richard-son, and to Burnsidc rr> the south. Several battalions of regularsfrom Porters corps came to his assistance and made their way wellup to the hill which is now the National Cemetery. K.—Toombs (of Longstreet) had defended the lower bridgeuntil Burnside moved Rodman and Soammon to the fords below. L.—Then Toombs hurried south to protect the Confederateflank. Stutgis and Crook charged across the Burnside Bridge andgained the heights. Toombs was driven away from the fords. M.—After three oclock, Burnsides lines being re-formed, com-pleted the defeat of D. K. Joness division (of Longstreet), andon the right gained the outskirts of Sharpsburg. Toombs, andthe arriving brigades of A. P. Hill, of Jacksons corps, savedthe village and regained a part of the lost ground.—Editor. 292 STONEWALL JACKSON IN MARYLAND.
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BURNSIDE S BRIDGE—I. This picture, after a recent photograph, is a view of the Con-federate position from the slope of the hill occupied by the Unionbatteries before a crossing was effected. At the time of the batde the buildings had not been erected, and the Confederate hill-side was covered with trees. A Confed-erate battery on the left enfiladed the crossing. Union sharp-shooters took advantage of the stone wall to the right of theapproach to the bridge.—Editor. horse where I had left him. He was not, asthe Comte de Paris says, leaning against a treeasleep, but exceedingly wide awake. The con-trast in appearances there presented was strik-ing. General White, riding a handsome blackhorse, was carefully dressed and had on untar-nished gloves, boots, and sword. His staff wereequally comely in costume. On the otherhand, General Jackson was the dingiest, worst-dressed and worst-mounted general that awarrior who cared for good looks and stylewould wish to surrender to. The surrender,

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