Identifier: abrahamlincolnhi07nico (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln; a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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rom an agent of the RichmondGovernment. The operations of Pleasonton having brushedthe enemy entirely out of Loudon County andgiven General Hooker control of the Potomac be-low Harpers Ferry, he was able to choose at per-fect leisure his time and place for crossing the lenity in not burning their town.Had I applied the torch, hesaid, without regard to the con-sequences, I would have pursueda course that would have beenfully vindicated as an act of justretaliation for the unparalleledacts of brutality perpetrated byyour own army on our soil. Butwe do not war upon women andchildren, and I trust the treat- ment you have met with at thehands of my soldiers will openyour eyes to the odious tyrannyunder which, it is apparent toall, you are groaning. Somehundreds of Southern citieswere, at the moment this pre-posterous document was issued,resting in peace and securityunder the flag of the UnitedStates. Moore,RebellionRecord.Vol. VII.,Docu-ments,p. 328. 222 ABBAHAM LINCOLN Cu. VIII. -^^::^:^^
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POSITIONS JUNE 28, 1863. river. He waited until Lees whole army was onthe north side, and then crossed at Edwardss Ferry.He directed General Eeynolds to seize the passesof the South Mountain so as not only to anticipatethe enemy in their possession, but also to confinehim to a single line of invasion west of those hills.He then directed Reynolds with the First, Third,and Eleventh Corps to take position at Middle- THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA 223 town. He determined at once to strike the point ch. viii.where General Lee was most sensitive, to push astrong column directly west upon his line of com-munications, and to keep the rest of his army inposition to support it. The feeling of grievancewhich he had towards Greneral Halleck had not fora moment influenced his action or impeded hiszealous activity; but the feeling remained ; and onthe 27th, just before leaving Poolesville to make a June, isea.personal inspection of the post of Harpers Ferry,he telegraphed to the general-in~chief, som

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