. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . illed, nine thousand one hundredwounded, and sixteen hundred and fifty pris-oners and missing. The Confederates lost inkilled five hundred and ninety-five, four thou-sand and sixty-one wounded, and six hundredand fifty-three missing and prisoners. Of allthe important movements of the war, only that of Fredericksburg was undertaken with noprobability of
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . illed, nine thousand one hundredwounded, and sixteen hundred and fifty pris-oners and missing. The Confederates lost inkilled five hundred and ninety-five, four thou-sand and sixty-one wounded, and six hundredand fifty-three missing and prisoners. Of allthe important movements of the war, only that of Fredericksburg was undertaken with noprobability of success. Under the plan ofbattle, if plan it might be called, nothingcould be reasonably expected but repulse,rout, and ruin. Thus, in gloom, disaster, andhumiliation, ended the great Virginia cam-paigns of 1862. It is now clear, in the light f the retro-spect, that had the war continueu for anotheryear with the same general results and tend-encies, the Confederacy must have revolution which had been attemptedwould have been accomplished and the Amer-ican Union dissolved. It was now the aimand determination of the Confederate Govern-ment and of the military leaders to hold out,if possible, against the superior resources of. AMBROSE E. BlRXSIDE. the North until they should compel the Na-tional Government to yield the contest. Thewar itself had new grown to unheard-of pro-portions. The Southern States were drainingevery source of men and means in order tosupport their armies. The superior energiesof the North, though by no means so nearlyexhausted, were greatly taxed. In the pre-vious year, on the day after the battle of Mal-vern Hill, President Lincoln had issued a callfor three hundred thousand additional the exciting days of Popes retreatfrom the Rappahannock, he sent forth anothercall for three hundred thousand, and to thiswas soon added a requisition for a draft ofthree hundred thousand more. Most of theseenormous demands were promptly met, andit
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