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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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H. Man-ning, and with the iAbrigade of GeneralRobert Ransom. It was our hopethat we should over-take General Lee intime to take part inthe Second Manassas;but when we reachedthat field we found itstill strewn with theunburied dead ofPopes army, and Leepushing for the fordsof the Upper Poto-mac. Following him rapidly, on the night of the 6th of September,my division reached the vicinity of Leesburg,and the next morning crossed the Potomac,at Cheeks Ford, at the mouth of the Mono-cacy, and about three miles above WhitesFord, where Stonewall Jackson had crossed.There I overtook G. B. Andersons brigadeof D. H. Hills division and crossed into Mary-land with it. The next day we reached theneighborhood of Frederick. I went at once toGeneral Lee, who was alone. After listeningto my report he said that as I had a divisionwhich would often, perhaps, be ordered ondetached service, an intelligent performanceof my duty might require a knowledge of theulterior purposes and objects of the campaign.
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CONFEDERATE DEAD ON THE WF.ST SIDE OF THE HAGKRSTOWN ROAD OPPOSITETHE CORN-FIELD. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) HARPERS FERRY AND SHARPSBURG. 297 Here, said he, tracing with his finger ona large map, is the line of our communica-tions, from Rapidan Station to Manassas,thence to Frederick. It is too near the Poto-mac, and is liable to be cut any day by theenemys cavalry. I have therefore given ordersto move the line back into the Valley of Vir-ginia, by way of Staunton, Harrisonburg, andWinchester, entering Maryland at Shepherds-town. I wish you to return to the mouth of theMonocacy and effectually destroy the aque-duct of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Bythe time that is accomplished you will receiveorders to cooperate in the capture of HarpersFerry, and you will not return here, but, afterthe capture of Harpers Ferry, will rejoin usat Hagerstown, where the army will be con-centrated. My information is that there arebetween 10,000 and T2,ooo men at HarpersFerry, and 3000 at Martinsburg. The la

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