. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . NEAR MARYES HEIGHTS [b]. <,OPlKIGHT_ 1311, PATRIOT PuB CO THE PLANS THAT FAILED From his liead(|uart(rs at the lhilli|is house, liuniside directed tlie disastrous maneuvers of his armyduring tlie hat tie of DecemlxT llUh. On December i)tli Burnside called his generals together and per-sisted in his ]ilan lor a direct assault upon Lee, who was strongly entrenched in a position of his own choos-ing. Tlie shuigliter at Maryes Heights on the 13th i)roved him in the wro
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . NEAR MARYES HEIGHTS [b]. <,OPlKIGHT_ 1311, PATRIOT PuB CO THE PLANS THAT FAILED From his liead(|uart(rs at the lhilli|is house, liuniside directed tlie disastrous maneuvers of his armyduring tlie hat tie of DecemlxT llUh. On December i)tli Burnside called his generals together and per-sisted in his ]ilan lor a direct assault upon Lee, who was strongly entrenched in a position of his own choos-ing. Tlie shuigliter at Maryes Heights on the 13th i)roved him in the wrong. Nevertheless, Burnsideon the field that night gave orders to renew the attack the next morning. Returning to the Philli])s houseabout 1 .\.M., he found among the others Colonel Rush C. Hawkins, who had come at the ofGenerals Willeox, Humiihrcys, Meade, and Getty, who had all faced that terrible fire on TelegraphRoad. A conference ensued in lh< i)resence of Sumner, Hooker, and Franklin, and Burnside was atlast dissuaded.
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