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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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. On the right ofthe pike was Doless brigade, and to his rightColquitts. One hundred yards to the rearwas Trimbles division (Colston commanding)with Ramseuron the right following Colquitt.After another interval followed the division ofA. P. Hill. The advance Confederate divisionhad more men in it than there were in theEleventh Corps, now in position. Countingthe ranks of this formidable column, begin-ning with the enveloping skirmish line, wefind seven, besides the three ranks of file-closers. The majority were brought into asolid mass by the entanglements of the forest,and gave our men the idea that battalionswere formed in close columns doubled on thecenter. With as little noise as possible, a littleafter five p. m., the steady advance of the Howards book appears to have been made in the lat-ter part of June. In Hookers book a notation inred ink reads Copy furnished General Howard;and it is inferential that it was this copy which wasentered in General Howards book in June.—Editor.
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ERIGADIER-GENERAL E. F. PAXTON, COMMANDING THE STONEWBRIGADE OF COLSTONS DIVISION, KILLED MAY 3D. (FROM A TINTY north of Hawkinss farm into good position tocover Devenss flank. Devens held at leasttwo regiments well in hand, for the samepurpose, and Steinwehrs whole division Iknew could just face about and defend thesame point. A few companies of cavalry camefrom Pleasonton. I sent them out. Go outbeyond my right; go far, and let me know ifan assault is coming. All my staff, Asmussen,Meysenburg, Whittlesey, C. H. Howard,Sohofield, Dessauer, Stinson, Schirmer, andHoffmann, were keenly on the alert. We had not a very good position, it is true,but we did expect to make a good strong* should the enemy come. r.il Hookers circular order to Slocumand Howard neither reached me, nor, tomy know I olonel Meysenburg, my ad- jut.-!: * From some confused notion led to SIo< urn ;in<\ Howard when• longer within two miles, andhad .,. command of my corps after • ellorsville. Slocum, original

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