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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information I could from GeneralPope and dispatched the few remaining aides with me to meet the troops on the roads other question he said that he thought itleading in on the left, with final orders to probably a serious affair. He and McDowellfchem, when quite a heavy distant artillery then asked if I had any objection to theirfiring broke out in the direction of the Chan- proceeding to Washington. I said that theytilly and Vienna road. Asking General Pope might do so, but that I was going to the firing,what that was, he replied it was probably They then proceeded on with their escortan attack on Sumner, who commanded the while with a single aide (Colonel Colburn)rear-guard in that direction; in reply to an- and three orderlies, I struck across.country to 128 FROM THE PENINSULA TO AXTIETAM. intercept the column on our right by the short-est line. It was a little after dark when Ireached the column. I leave to others who were present thedescription of what then occurred : the frantic
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THE PRV HOUSE, GENERAL MCCLELLANs HEADQUARTERS AT THE(FROM A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH.) cheers of welcome that extended for milesalong the column; the breaking of ranks andthe wild appeals of the men that I should thenand there take them back on the line of re-treat and let them snatch victory out of de-feat.* Let it suffice to say that before the daybroke the troops were all in position to repulseattack, and that Washington was safe. On the 3d it was clear that the enemy in-tended an invasion of Maryland and Penn- Captain William If. Powell, of the Fourth Regular Infantryf^AU meeting, in the January Century, as follows: f ur oclock on the next afternoon, from a prominentpoint we de cned in the distance the dome of the Capitol Wewould be there at least in time to defend it. Darkness came uponus and still we marched. As the night wore on, we found at eachhalt that it was more and more difficult to arouse the men fromthe sleep they would fall into apparently as soon as they touchedD mg one of

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