. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . ntered and bleeding, crossed again with lagging steps the pontoo,bridges over , i^ve days before they had marched with proudlywavng banners and hearts beating fast at the thought of giving bat-tle to the enemy. Lee remained in possession of a field won easilyby h,m, though stnven for desperately by his gallant antagonists. Inthe effort to ^ake the heights Burnside had sacrificed ,.,653 men ofw om ,384 were killed and 96a,
. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . ntered and bleeding, crossed again with lagging steps the pontoo,bridges over , i^ve days before they had marched with proudlywavng banners and hearts beating fast at the thought of giving bat-tle to the enemy. Lee remained in possession of a field won easilyby h,m, though stnven for desperately by his gallant antagonists. Inthe effort to ^ake the heights Burnside had sacrificed ,.,653 men ofw om ,384 were killed and 96a, wounded. Over two-thirds of thesefell before the fatal stone wall. Hancocks division, which bore thebrunt of the conflict there, lost 20,3 out of a total strength of 5006In e,ght of h,s regiments over half the officers and men were killed ;^ Confederates on their part lost 5377 men, of whom 608 werek,led and wounded. Their heaviest loss was on their Meade charged through Stonewall Jacksons line. But the gaUlant charges against the stone wall, which cost the Union soldiers somuch blood, were repelled by the Confederates with a loss of but1555
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