. Abraham Lincoln : a history . L A V*c. # ? o*, A 1 >/ * ?«??••• S^v•./* * Pit>eyBTaT»ch>X K / » > / x V CHANCBLLOR8VILLE CHANCELLOESVILLE 95 REFERENCES. Union. Confederate. tines of battle May istLines of Battle May 2dLines of Battle May 3dLines of Battle May 4th GENERAL LEES ARMY. R. H. Andersons Division a McLawss Division * A. P. Hills Division e Colstons Division d Rodess Division e Earlys Division / GENERAL HOOKERS ARMY. tst Corps, Reynolds / Corps, Couch b 3d Corps, Sickles j 5th Corps,. Meade j 6th Corps, Sedgwick. 6 nth Corps, Howard // 12th Corps, Slocnm is.


. Abraham Lincoln : a history . L A V*c. # ? o*, A 1 >/ * ?«??••• S^v•./* * Pit>eyBTaT»ch>X K / » > / x V CHANCBLLOR8VILLE CHANCELLOESVILLE 95 REFERENCES. Union. Confederate. tines of battle May istLines of Battle May 2dLines of Battle May 3dLines of Battle May 4th GENERAL LEES ARMY. R. H. Andersons Division a McLawss Division * A. P. Hills Division e Colstons Division d Rodess Division e Earlys Division / GENERAL HOOKERS ARMY. tst Corps, Reynolds / Corps, Couch b 3d Corps, Sickles j 5th Corps,. Meade j 6th Corps, Sedgwick. 6 nth Corps, Howard // 12th Corps, Slocnm is. 96 ABRAHAM LINCOLN Chap. IV. Doubleday, Chan-cellorsvilleand Gettys-burg, p. 12. General G. ,Report. W. R. Vol. XXV., Part I., p. 193. ground. Except for rare clearings, the wholecountry in which Hooker now found himself wasa dense and tangled forest, in every part of whichthe axman had to be employed before the artiller-ist could be made available; cavalry were for themost part of no use; the troops could not be seenby their officers; a regiment deployed as skirmish-ers disappeared from the sight of their colonel asif the earth had swallowed them. After half anhours march through the thicket the best equippedtroops would reappear in rags and tatters. Gen-eral Doubleday says, It was worse than fighting ina dense fog. The frightful reverberation of battleamong the trees was enough to appal the stoutestheart, yet a few hundred yards away nothing wouldbe heard. The generals on either side, shut outfrom sight or from hearing, had to trust to the un-yi


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