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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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Digest of the Laws cf Georgia. * General Lee explained officially, as follows, whyhe expected the attack would be resumed : The at-tack on the 13th had been so easily repulsed, and byso small a part of our army, that it was not supposedthe enemy would limit his efforts to an attempt which,in view of the magnitude of his preparations and theextent of his force, seemed to be comparatively insig-nificant. Believing, therefore, that he would attack us, it wasnot deemed expedient to lose the advantages of our position and expose the troops to the fire of hisinaccessible batteries beyond the river, by advancingagainst him ; but we were necessarily ignorant of theextent to which lie had suffered, and only became awareof it when, on the morning of the 16th, it was discov-ered that he had availed himself of the darkness ofnight, and the prevalence of a violent storm of windand rain, to recross the river. The town was imme-diately reoccupied and our position on the river bankresumed.—Editor.
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01 , ,.i in ri.r of Sumners attack were Watermans, Kusserows, Kirbys, Hazard: rraal ., i ■ r/,.,■.. (n indicating; the Union artillery, we have followed an official map made under the -iir.: fj^n of General Henry J. Hunt, chief of artillery.—Editor. THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. 623 the troops against the walls of the city at thathour of the night would have been little bet-ter than madness. The Confederate field wasarranged for defensive battle. Its abrupt ter-mination could not have been anticipated, norcould any skill have marshaled our troops foroffensive operations in time to meet the emer-gency. My line was long and over very brokencountry, so much so that the troops could not ous to give counter-attack, the Federal posi-tion being about as strong as ours from whichwe had driven them back. Attempts to breakup an army by following on its line of retreatare often hazardous and rarely successful, whilemovements around, threatening the flanks andrear, increase the demoralizati

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