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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
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rected to attach him-self to G. B.Andersons left. Anderson beingthus strengthened, and finding there was noenemy in his immediate front,sent out the Sec-ond and Fourth North Carolina regiments of hisbrigade on a reconnaissance to the front, right,and rear. Captain E. A. Osborne, command-ing the skirmishers of the Fourth North Car-olina, discovered a brigade in an old fieldsouth of Foxs Gap, facing towards the turn-pike and supporting a battery with its gunsturned in the same direction. Captain Os-borne hastened back to Colonel Grimes, com-manding the regiment, and told him that theycould deliver a flank fire upon the brigadebefore it could change its position to meet them.But a Federal scout had seen the captain, andthe brigade was the first to open fire. The fightwas, of course, brief, the regiment beating ahasty retreat. The brigade halted at the edgeof the woods, probably believing that therewas a concealed foe somewhere in the depths THE BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, OR BOONSBORO. i43
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BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE B. ANDERSON, KILLED(FROM A PAINTING IN THE POSSESSION OF TH of the forest. This Federal brigade was, pos-sibly, Benjamin C. Christs of Willcoxs divis-ion — the same which had made the success-ful flank movement in the previous fight. About 3:30 p. m. the advance of Long-streets command arrived and reported tome — one brigade under Colonel G. T. An-derson and one under General Drayton. Theywere attached to Ripleys left, and a forwardmovement was ordered. In half an hour ormore I received a note from Ripley sayingthat he was progressing finely ; so he was, tothe rear of the mountain on the west side.Before he returned the fighting was over, andhis brigade did not fire a shot that day. The Federal commander intrusted to Gen-eral Burnside the management of the fight,but under his own eyes ; Burnside ordered ageneral advance on both sides of the pike.The First Corps, under Hooker, was to attackon the north side of the National road, whilethe Ninth Corps, under

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