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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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The curiosity in the Unionarmy to see him was so great that the sol-diers lined the sides of the road. Many ofthem uncovered as he passed, and he invari-ably returned the salute. One man had an echo Austin Brockenbrough asked, How is it? Well, said I,we 11 say our prayers and go in like men. Not as bad asthat? Every bit; see for yourself He went up and cameback looking very grave. Meanwhile, from the east, north-west,and north-east our cannon burst in thunder and were answeredby the Federal guns from Bolivar Heights. We were down in aravine ; we could see nothing; we could only hear. Presently,along our line came the words, Prepare to charge ! We movedsteadily up the hill ; the sun had just risen ; some one said:* Colonel, what is that on the fort ? Halt! cried the Colonel; they have surrendered. A glad shout burst from ten thousandmen, and it was a rouser. We got into the place as soon as wecould, but the way was so difficult it took us a half hour. STONEWALL JACKSON LN MARYLAND. 293
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\;YM^\,():\ lUKNSlDE S BRIDGE- This picture, after a recent photograph, is a view of the Unionposition from the hill where Confederate artillery was planted toenfilade the bridge. From a point below, the Second Marylandand Sixth New Hampshire charged up the road, but were swept by such a murderous fire that only a few reached the bridge and soughtshelter behind the stone wall above. Subsequently, the bridge was.carried by the Fifty-first Pennsylvania and Fifty-first New York,charging from the pines on the hill-side (see page 310).— EDtTOR. of response all about him when he said aloud: Boys, hes not much for looks, but if wedhad him we wouldnt have been caught inthis trap! General Jackson lost little time in contem-plating his victory. When night came, hestarted for Shepherdstown with J. R. Jones andLawton, leaving directions to McLaws andWalker to follow the next morning. He leftA. P. Hill behind to finish up with HarpersFerry. His first order had been to take po-sition at Shepherds

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