. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . , therefore, be moreadvantageous to us to draw him farther away from hisbase of operations.—Editor. THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. 612 the lower receding grounds between them,formed a defensive series that may be likenedto natural bastions. Taylors Hill was unas-sailable : Maryes Hill was more advanced to-wards the town, was oi a gradual ascent ando( less height than the others, and we consid-ered it the point most assailable, and guardedit accordingly. The events which followedproved the correctness oi our opinion on thatpoint. Lees Hill, wi
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . , therefore, be moreadvantageous to us to draw him farther away from hisbase of operations.—Editor. THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. 612 the lower receding grounds between them,formed a defensive series that may be likenedto natural bastions. Taylors Hill was unas-sailable : Maryes Hill was more advanced to-wards the town, was oi a gradual ascent ando( less height than the others, and we consid-ered it the point most assailable, and guardedit accordingly. The events which followedproved the correctness oi our opinion on thatpoint. Lees Hill, with its rugged sides retired plain where the bloody conflict was soon to the mean time the Federals had figuredalong the banks of the river, looking for themost available points for crossing. PresidentLincoln had been down with General Halleck,and it had been suggested by the latter tocross at Hoop-Pole Ferry, about twenty-eightor thirty miles below Fredericksburg. Wediscovered the movement, however, and pre-pared to meet it, and Burnside ,S. Br m \.
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