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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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ance and bear-ing around the valley some-what in the form of a crescent.On the opposite side are thenoted Stafford Heights, thenoccupied by the Federals. Atthe foot of these hills flows theRappahannock River. On theConfederate side nestled Fred-ericksburg, and around itstretched the fertile bottomsfrom which fine crops hadbeen gathered and upon whichthe Federal troops were tomass and give battle to theConfederates. On the Con-federate side nearest the riverwas Taylors Hill, and southof it the now famous MaryesHill; next, Telegraph Hill, thehighest of the elevations on theConfederate side and laterknown as Lees Hill, because during the battleGeneral Lee was most of the time there where On the hill occupied by Jacksons corps-were the divisions of A. P. Hill, Early, andTaliaferro, that of D. H. Hill being in reserveon the extreme right. To the Washington artil-lery, on Maryes Hill, was assigned the serviceof advising the army at the earliest possiblemoment of the Federal advance. General
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WELFORD S MILL ON HAZEL RUN AND THE TELEGRAPH ROAI(FROM A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH.) The southern slope of Williss Hill is seen in the background. Barksdale, with his Mississippi brigade, was onpicket duty in front of Fredericksburg on theI had my headquarters in the field; next was night of the advance. a declination through which Deep Run creek The hills occupied by the Confederate forces,passed on its way to the Rappahannock River; although overcrowned by the heights of Staf-and next was the gentle elevation at Hamil- ford, were so distant as to be outside the rangetons Crossing, which had never been dignified of effective fire by the Federal guns, and, with * That General Lee was not quite satisfied with theplace of battle is shown by a dispatch to the Rich-mond authorities on the second day after the battle,when it was uncertain what Burnsides next movewould be. In that dispatch he says : Should theenemy cross at Port Royal in force, before I can getthis army in position to meet him,

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