. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . tamount of comment among our soldiers, some appiovingit, and others condemning it in unmeasured Halleck came in for a full share of blame, manydeclaring he would rather see the Army of the Potomacshattered and disbanded, than to see it
. Knapsack and rifle; or, Life in the Grand Army; war as seen from the ranks. Pen pictures and sketches of camp, bivouac, marches, battle-fields and battles, commanders, great military movements, personal reminiscences and narratives of army life ... Also, a complete chronology of the war, and a digest of the pension laws of the United States .. . tamount of comment among our soldiers, some appiovingit, and others condemning it in unmeasured Halleck came in for a full share of blame, manydeclaring he would rather see the Army of the Potomacshattered and disbanded, than to see it successful underany other general than himself or one of his favorites. General Burnside, having been appointed commander,there was an expectation at once that vigorous measureswould be enacted, and in this the country was notdisappointed. Lee was intrenched at Fredericksburg. The shatteredranks had been closed up, the stragglers had been calledin, the strength had been husbanded and increased, andat this point, a natural fortification in itself, he resolvedto make a stand. There was no Richmond for us solong as there was a Fredericksburg for the will not discuss here the wisdom or folly of the resolveto capture this place at that particular time. ^N^othingsave a bold push would satisfy the war spirits at we 100 KNAPSACK AND BIFLE. General Burnside had received the promise that pon-toon bridges should be sent without dely that he mightthrow his arm}^ across the Rappahannock. How thefill lure is to be accounted for, orwhether it can be accounted for atall, is a question of a puzzling char-acter; but days passed, and pon-toons came not. Our army hadarrived, after vigorous marching, atFalmouth on the north bank of therivero Hooker, and Frank-lin were in command of the variousLIGHTING JOE ^i^igions. Fighting Joe Hooker HOOKER. , -, ^, c 1 had the name oi usmg speech ashot as the shot from a Union battery, and was reportedto have made it a li
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