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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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at the war would sometimeend. Darius N. Couch. In the course of a correspondence between GenFranklin and Ualleck, relating to their severalcontroversies with General Burnside, General Frank-lin v. II.. under date of June 1, 1863 : I>f your opinion with regard to the honesty and-ity of purpose of Genera) Burnside, until afterhis relief from the command of the Army of the IoI confidence in his ability at the firstricksborg battle. There was not a man in mycommand who iil not believe that everything he- would undertake would fail, and General Hooker in-formed me that that was the general feeling in hiscommand. General Sumners feelings were not sodecided, but they were nearly so. You can imaginethat the beds of the Grand Division commanders werenot of roses, and I came to the conclusion that Burn-side was fast losing his mind. So 1 looked upon therain which stopped his second attempt to cross theriver (the mud march) as almost a providentialinterference in our behalf/—Kditor. 1 H i i
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CHARGING ACROSS THE RAILROAD. FRANKLINS LEFT GRAND DIVISION. WHEN General Burnside assumed thecommand of the Army of the Potomacon the 9th of November, 1862, he gave upthe immense strategic advantage which Mc-Clellan had gained, and led the army to Fal-mouth on the Rappahannock River, oppositethe city of Fredericksburg. A few days afterhis arrival on the Rappahannock he called acouncil of war. It was a conference ratherthan a council, for he stated that he called thegenerals together to make known somethingof his plans, and not to put any questionbefore them for decision. The grand division commanders, Sumner, Franklin, and Hooker,were present^ and also, I think, the corpscommanders. I was present as commanderof the Sixth Army Corps. The entire armywas massed within a few miles of Falmouth,and the first object was to cross the river inour front, and gain a fair field for a battle.From the same ground Hooker afterwardsmarched north-west, and by a series of finemovements placed himself

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