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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba03newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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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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oices of the Confederates nearer and near-er, dove into the ditch as the only chance, anddropping on his hands and knees crept swift-ly forward to the eastward. In this crampedposition his progress was extremely painful,and his hands were torn by the briers andstones ; but forward he dashed, fully expectinga shower of bullets every minute. At last hereached the other end of the half-mile ditch,breathless and half-dead, but without havingonce raised his head above the gully. Emerging from this field he found himselfin the Williamsburg road, and bordering theopposite side was an extensive tract thicklycovered with pines. As he crossed and en-tered this tract he looked back and could seehis enemies, whose movements showed thatthey were greatly puzzled and off the scent.When at a safe distance he sought a hiding-place and took a needed rest of several hours. He then resumed his journey and followedthe direction of the Williamsburg road, whichhe found picketed at various points, so that it
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COLONEL ROSES TUNNEL AT LIB BY PRISON. 789 was necessary to avoid open spaces. Severaltimes during the day he saw squads of Con-federate cavalry passing along the road sonear that he could hear their talk. Nearnightfall he reached Diasen Bridge, wherehe successfully passed another i)icket. Hekept on until nearly midnight, when he laydown by a great tree and, cold as he was,slept soundly until daylight. He now made acareful reconnoissance and found near the roadthe ruins of an old building, which, he after-wards learned, was called Burnt Ordinary. He now found himself almost unable towalk with his injured foot, but, nerved by theyet bright hope of liberty, he once more wenthis weary way in the direction of Williams-burg. Finally he came to a place where therewere some smoking fagots and a number oftracks, indicating it to have been a picket postof the previous night. He was now nearingWilliamsburg, which, he was inclined to be-lieve, from such meager information as hadreached Libby bef

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