. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . e in full retreat. GeneralHooker so telegraphed to Sedgwick ; CaptainMoore, of his staff, who had gone out withBirney to see the attack upon Jackson, camehurriedly to me with an order from GeneralHooker for my reserve brigade, Barlows. Major Howard rode rapidly to Sickles, thathe might point out exactly where to locatethe brigade. He was also to ascertain thenearest route, so as to save time and notweary the men by a circuitous march. It was already past four. There was muchexcitement among the groups of officers at thedifferent points of ob
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . e in full retreat. GeneralHooker so telegraphed to Sedgwick ; CaptainMoore, of his staff, who had gone out withBirney to see the attack upon Jackson, camehurriedly to me with an order from GeneralHooker for my reserve brigade, Barlows. Major Howard rode rapidly to Sickles, thathe might point out exactly where to locatethe brigade. He was also to ascertain thenearest route, so as to save time and notweary the men by a circuitous march. It was already past four. There was muchexcitement among the groups of officers at thedifferent points of observation. We, who wereat Dowdalls, had been watching the enemyscavalry, which kept pushing through thewoods just far enough to receive a fire, andthen withdrawing. Devens and his brigadeand regimental commanders gathered, invarious ways, all the information possible,while from a high point they obtained glimpsesof a moving column crossing the plank-roadand apparently making off. I sent out scouts,who returned with reports that the enemy 75. MAJOR-GENERAL CARL SCHURZ. (FROM was not more than three or four miles off, andin motion. Schurz was anxious and, with myapproval, moved a part of his reserves to the
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