. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . vere fight thatafternoon, I need not indicate. To say thatGeneral Porters non-action during that whole day was wholly unexpected and disappointing,and that it provoked severe comment on allhands, is to state the facts mildly. Every indication during the night of the29th and up to ten oclock on the morning ofthe 30th pointed to the retreat of the enemyfrom our front. Paroled prisoners of our ownarmy, taken on the evening of the 29th, andwho came into our lines on the morning ofthe 30th, rej)orted the enemy retreating dur-ing the whole night i
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . vere fight thatafternoon, I need not indicate. To say thatGeneral Porters non-action during that whole day was wholly unexpected and disappointing,and that it provoked severe comment on allhands, is to state the facts mildly. Every indication during the night of the29th and up to ten oclock on the morning ofthe 30th pointed to the retreat of the enemyfrom our front. Paroled prisoners of our ownarmy, taken on the evening of the 29th, andwho came into our lines on the morning ofthe 30th, rej)orted the enemy retreating dur-ing the whole night in the direction of andalong the Warrenton pike (since confirmedby Longstreets report). Generals McDowelland Heintzelman, who reconnoitered the po-sition held by the enemys left on the eveningof the 29th, also confirmed this reported to me the evacuation of thesepositions by the enemy, and that there wasevery indication of their retreat in the direc-tion of Gainesville. On the morning of the30th, as may be easily believed, our MONUMENT TO THE UNIOftI SOLDIERS WHO FELL AT GROVETON AUGUST 28, 29 AND 30, 1862. {FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SOON AFTER THE MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN 1865.) This view was taken from the edge of the railway cut, lookingtoward the Union lines. The shaft is of brown sandstone, andin design and material is like the monument erected on the Henr>hill at the same time. Vandals have removed the shot and shellthat were fixed with mortar to the base and to the top of theshaft; every vestige of the inclosing fence has been carried off,andthe monument is partly hidden by the four evergreens which wereplanted at the four comers. In May, 1884, we found a Unioncanteen on the well-grazed sward near the monument. The fieldbehind the railway cut and behind the embankment, east of thecut, were even then strewn with the tins of cartridge boxes, rustycamp utensils, and bits of accouterments.— Kditor. who had been marching and fighting almostcontinuousl
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