A first book in American history with European beginnings . delayed on the river bank formany hours; and when finally theydid cross, they found Lee well pre-pared and the Confederates stationedin the best positions. The battle was begun on themorning of the 13th. All day longthe Confederate soldiers, many ofthem barefoot, stood in the Decem-ber snow and created havoc amongthe enemy. Only once did GeneralMeade, later the victor of Gettys-burg, break through a gap in Jack-sons lines; and then he was quickly driven back. Bynighttime Burnsides army had been beaten, and Burnside,with the men that w
A first book in American history with European beginnings . delayed on the river bank formany hours; and when finally theydid cross, they found Lee well pre-pared and the Confederates stationedin the best positions. The battle was begun on themorning of the 13th. All day longthe Confederate soldiers, many ofthem barefoot, stood in the Decem-ber snow and created havoc amongthe enemy. Only once did GeneralMeade, later the victor of Gettys-burg, break through a gap in Jack-sons lines; and then he was quickly driven back. Bynighttime Burnsides army had been beaten, and Burnside,with the men that were left, recrossed the river. In the spring of 1863 fighting Joe Hooker was incommand of the Union forces in Virginia. At the headof a splendid army of one hundred and thirty thousandmen, he felt sure of defeating Lee, who had less than halfthat number. For this purpose he marched toward Chan-cellorsville, to the west of Fredericksburg, where Leesarmy was still encamped. But Lee did not wait forHooker to carry out his plan. With Stonewall Jackson,25 365. A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY Lee moved promptly forward and confronted Hookersmain body in a tangled forest, only a few miles fromChancellorsville. Here a two days battle took Confederates won the fight, but their victory cost thelife of Stonewall Jackson. In June, 1863, came Lees daring invasion of Pennsyl-vania. And in July the South received the double blowof Gettysburg and Yicksburg. Lees army was compelledto retreat to Virginia, and from this time on Lee wasconstantly worried about his ragged, hungry men. AtRichmond his wife and daughters with flying needleswere knitting socks for the soldiers. The General wroteto Mrs. Lee, Tell the girls to send all they can. I wishthey could make some shoes too. We have thousands ofbarefooted men. SURRENDER You remember that in the spring of 1864 GeneralGrant was put at the head of the Union army and led theArmy of the Potomac into Virginia. Then followed theterrible Wilde
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