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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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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 demoralization and offerbetter opportunities for great results. The condition of a retreating army may be
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FREDERICKSBURG FROM THE FOOT OF WILLISS HILL. (FROM A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH.) In the middle-ground is seen the south end of the stone wall,and it may be seen that the front line of defense formed by thewall was continued still further to the right by the sunken Tele-graph road. At the base of the hill, this side of the stone wall,is seen an earth-work which was a part of the second line. A third line (see page 614) was on the brow of this hill, now theNational Cemetery. Between the steeples on the outskirts ofFredericksburg is seen the end of Hanover street, by which, andby the street in the right of the picture, the Union forces filed outto form for the assault.— Editor. be promptly handled, offensively. Jacksonscorps was in mass, and could he have antici-pated the result of my battle, he would havebeen justified in pressing Franklin to the riverwhen the battle of the latter wras lost. Other-wise, pursuit would have been as unwise as theattack he had just driven off. The Federalbatte

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