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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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ver 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 dispati h i !fi< e, but a copy of itI ii 5< ni boolin am bool \ of (. eral How.-; The entry in General PE.) JACKSONS ATTACK UPON THE ELEVENTH CORPS. 767
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LNION BREASTWORKS IN THEWOODS BETWEEN DOWDALLsTAVERN AND CHANCELLORS-VILLE. (THIS AND THE OTHERTWO SKETCHES ARE FROM PHO-TOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THEYEARFOLLOWING THE BATTLE.) enemy began. Its firstlively effects, like acloud of dust drivenbefore a coming show-er, appeared in the star-tled rabbits, squirrels,quail, and other game,flying wildly hither andthither in evident terror,and escaping, wherepossible, into adjacentclearings. The foremost men ofDoless brigade tookabout half an hourto strike our advancepicket on the pike. This picket, of course, created no delay. Fifteenminutes later he reached our skirmishers, whoseem to have resisted effectively for a fewminutes, for it required a main line to dislodgethem. Doles says, concerning the next checklie received, after a resistance of about tenminutes we drove him (Devens) from his posi-tions on the left and carried his battery of twoguns, caissons, and horses. This was the fire which Steinwehr and Iheard shortly after our return from Barlow

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