. Civil War officers. Union . s surelyas 1864 comes round. Thus the jaunty little man on the great black horse,as Bruce Catton (Mr. Lincolns Army) calls him leftBurnside to fight the Battle of Fredericksburg in mid-December. Dana rode, walked, and ran back from aWashington mission to get into the latter part of the battle,of which he wrote in pencil (5 , Dec. lb): ThankHeavens I got here in time to join our regt. & go am again in charge of a company (A). After thebattle, on the 17th, he wrote a rousingbattle-letter, sangui-nary enough to turn his parents hair gray: I was positivethat
. Civil War officers. Union . s surelyas 1864 comes round. Thus the jaunty little man on the great black horse,as Bruce Catton (Mr. Lincolns Army) calls him leftBurnside to fight the Battle of Fredericksburg in mid-December. Dana rode, walked, and ran back from aWashington mission to get into the latter part of the battle,of which he wrote in pencil (5 , Dec. lb): ThankHeavens I got here in time to join our regt. & go am again in charge of a company (A). After thebattle, on the 17th, he wrote a rousingbattle-letter, sangui-nary enough to turn his parents hair gray: I was positivethat I should never cross the field alive, as it seemed tomy inexperience as tho a flea could not escape withoutlosing some feathers on both sides. ... I had picked up arifle, & finding it loaded, fired it, & then walked up to , who was sale & sound & cool as a cucumber. &reported myself for duty, rifle in hand. How he laughed!I he Feds occupied Fredericksburg, but tailed to hold the [ 15b j • -. THE L I N C 0 L N I A N Vol. Ill ~~~~ Washington, D. C. October 195*3 Editor: Bert Sheldon Publications Committee: Josephine Cobb, Elden E. Billings,Carlton J. Corliss, John L. Fenton, Paul H. Gantt, Mrs. AnnaV. Hausman, Cassius M. Keller, Hon. Fred Schwengel No. k LINCOLN GROUP MEETINGDATE: Wednesday, November 12, 1958TIME: 8:00 P. M. PLACE: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAUDITORIUM --23 Madison Place, N. W. Seeinstructions on page : (l) Report on Lincoln-Bay-by-Day Project;(2). Report on Lincoln Envelope Project;(3) Vote on resolution to create a Life Membership in the Lincoln Group at $50dues, sponsored by President Schwengel;(1+) INQUEST into events of November 13, l86l (a) Did Gen. McClellan snub Lincoln? For back ground see Hay Diary orAngle, The Lincoln Reader (19^7), p. 378. (b) If the incident took place, did it take place in the Dolly MadisonHome adjacent to the auditorium where our meeting takes place? (c) Was the Dolly Madison Home the residenc
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