Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches)
Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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s not an error, nor the failure other than an accident.Burnside, at his own request, was relieved of the command ofthe Army of the Potomac, however, on January 2.5. 18G3, andwas succeeded by General Hooker. The Union loss in killed,wounded, and missing was 12,653, and the Confederates lost5,377. After the battle the wounded lay on the field in theiragony exposed to the freezing cold for forty-eight hours beforearrangements were effected to care for them. Many wereburned to death by the long, dead grass becoming ignited bycannon fire. The scene witnessed by the army of those scream-ing, agonizing, dying comrades was dreadful and heartrend-ing. Burnsides plan had been to renew the battle, but theoverwhelming opinion of the other officers prevailed. Theorder was withdrawn and the defeated Union army slippedaway under the cover of darkness on December 1.5th, and en-camped in safety across the river. The battle of Fredericks-burg had passed into history. f< M if WW/ 1 ml £ €£ <mz
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NEW LEADERS AND NEW PLANS General Joseph Hooker and his Staff. These were the men whose work it was, during the winter afterFredericksburg, to restore the esprit de corps of the Army of the Potomac. The tireless energy and magneticpersonality of Hooker soon won officers from their disaffection and put an end to desertions—which had beengoing on at the rate of two hundred per day before he took command. By spring everything seemed pro-pitious for an aggressive campaign, the plans for which were brilliantly drawn and at first vigorously carriedout, giving truth to Lincolns expressed belief that Hooker was a trained and skilful soldier. In that re-markable letter of admonition to Hooker upon assuming command, Lincoln added: But beware of rashness,beware of rashness; with energy and with sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. By somestrange fate it was not rashness but quite the contrary which compassed the failure of Fighting Joe Hookerat Chancellorsville. His first forw

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