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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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to make fires.Late on that day we had orders to be readyto cross Hazel Run, which meant that we were with a large detail to bury the dead. In his official report hesays: Those bodies nearest the enemys works were recognizedas belonging to Kimballs brigade of Frenchs division and to thedifferent regiments of Hancocks division. In the two daysoccupied by the burial he says he found and buried 913 of ouisoldiers, and brought to this side of the river the bodies of 5officers, making a total of 918. Nearly all the dead were strippedentirely naked by the enemy. A woman who lived in one of thehouses near the stone wall said: The morning after the battlethe field was blue ; but the morning after the Federals withdrewthe field was white.— Editor. to join Franklin. That was the only propermove to make, since we had done just whatthe enemy wanted us to do,— divided ourarmy. The conditions were favorable for achange of position unknown to the enemy,since the night was dark and the next morn-
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lli I. I I.-., 1 i !• -.ir.d-.NT LINCOLN S VISIT.— SEE IACE 636.(BY I DWIN POMES, AFTER HIS SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.) SUMNERS RIGHT GRAND DIVISION. 633 ing was foggy. But it would have been verydifficult to make the movement. I was muchworried in regard to the bridges over HazelRun, and the dangers attending a flank move-ment at night in the face of the enemy. Butthe order to march never came. The ordersthat were given by Burnside showed that hehadnt a fixed plan of battle. After getting inthe face of the enemy, his intentions seemedcontinually to be changing. Early the next morning, Saturday the 13th,I received orders to make an assault in front.My orders came from General Sumner, whodid not cross the river during the fight,owing to a special understanding with whichI had nothing to do, and which related to hissupposed rashness. At Fair Oaks and Antie-tam he had shown that he was a hard fighter.He was looked upon as a grand soldier, full ofhonor and gallantry, and a man of great

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