. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WHERE LEE STOOD SI IREME—THE WILDERNESS IX 1864 From the point of view of the mil-itary student Lees consummatefeats of generalsliip were performedin the gloom of the this ground he presented an al-ways unbroken front against whichGrant dashed his battalions in were Lees lines here broken;the assailants must always shifttheir ground to seek a fresh oppor-tunity for assault. At this spot onthe battlefield of the Wildcrncss theopposing forces lay within twenty-four feet of each other all soldiers, t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WHERE LEE STOOD SI IREME—THE WILDERNESS IX 1864 From the point of view of the mil-itary student Lees consummatefeats of generalsliip were performedin the gloom of the this ground he presented an al-ways unbroken front against whichGrant dashed his battalions in were Lees lines here broken;the assailants must always shifttheir ground to seek a fresh oppor-tunity for assault. At this spot onthe battlefield of the Wildcrncss theopposing forces lay within twenty-four feet of each other all soldiers, too, had learned Ijythis 1804 campaign to carry outorders with judgment of their rank and file grew to be ex-cellent connoisseurs of the merits ofa position. If they only save afinger it will do some good, wasGeneral Longstreets reply, whenhis engineer officers complainedthat their work on Maryes Hillwas being spoiled by being builthigher by the gunners of the Wash-ington artillery—who had to fight
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