Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches)
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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red up and vacated the position. We Confederates often did such things asthat to save our ammunition for use againstinfantry, but I had never before seen the Fed-erals withdraw their guns simply to save themup for the infantry fight. So I said, If hedoes not run fresh batteries in there in fiveminutes, this is our fight. I looked anxiouslywith my glass, and the five minutes passedwithout a sign of life on the deserted position,still swept by our fire, and littered with deadmen and horses and fragments of disabledcarriages. Then I wrote Pickett, urgently: For Gods sake, come quick. The eighteenguns are gone; come quick, or my ammuni-tion wont let mc support you properly. I afterward heard from others what tookplace with my first note to Pickett. Pickett tookit to Longstreet, Longstreet readit, and said nothing. Pickett said, General,shall I advance ? Longstreet, knowing it hadto be, but unwilling to give the word, turnedhis face away. Pickett saluted and said, I am PICKETTS CHARGE. 469
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CEMETERY RIDGE AFTER PICKETTS CHARGE. (BY EDWIN FORBES, AFTER HIS SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.) going to move forward, sir, galloped off tohis division and immediately put it in motion.* Longstreet, leaving his staff, came out aloneto where I was. It was then about 1140 p. m.I explained the situation, feeling then morehopeful, but afraid our artillery ammunitionmight not hold out for all we would want.Longstreet said, Stop Pickett immediatelyand replenish your ammunition. I explainedthat it would take too long, and the enemywould recover from the effect our fire wasthen having, and we had, moreover, very littleto replenish with. Longstreet said, I dontwant to make this attack. I would stop it nowbut that General Lee ordered it and expectsit to go on. I dont see how it can succeed. I listened, but did not dare offer a word.The battle was lost if we stopped. Ammuni-tion was far too low to try anything else, forwe had been fighting three days. There was achance, and it was not my part to int

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