. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . se his course inthe heavens, than his comrades and his com-patriot people prove recreant to the paroleand contract of honor which binds them inthe fealty of freedom to the Constitution andunion of the States. We have buried thestrifes and passions of the past, we now per-petuate impartial honor to whom honor isdue, and, stooping to resent no criticism, westand, with composure and trust, ready togreet every token of just and constitutionalpacification. While calmly differing as to thepast, neither will defile its record; each willassert its m
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . se his course inthe heavens, than his comrades and his com-patriot people prove recreant to the paroleand contract of honor which binds them inthe fealty of freedom to the Constitution andunion of the States. We have buried thestrifes and passions of the past, we now per-petuate impartial honor to whom honor isdue, and, stooping to resent no criticism, westand, with composure and trust, ready togreet every token of just and constitutionalpacification. While calmly differing as to thepast, neither will defile its record; each willassert its manhood, its rectitude and honor,and both will equally and jointly strive toconsolidate the liberty and the peace, thestrength and the glory, of a common and in-dissoluble country. Oh, brothers and compatriots in this Re-public, let us all echo in the silent chambersof the soul the still, small voice which speaksfrom the grave of the old hero who sleeps onthe heights of Riverside Park : Let us havepeace. J. Horace Lacy. THE BATTLE OF IN the early fall of1862, a distance ofnot more thanthirty miles lay be-tween the Army ofthe Potomac andthe Army of North-ern Virginia. Astate of uncertaintyhad existed for sev-eral weeks succeed-ing the battle ofSharpsburg,but themovements which CONFEDERATE PICKET WITH BLAN- resulted ill tllC batKET-CAPOTE AND RAW-HIDE ,, r T7 J - 1 moccasins. tie of Fredericks- burg began to takeshape when on the 5th of November the orderwas issued that removed General McClellanfrom command of the Federal forces and in-stalled General Burnside in that position. The order assigning General Burnside tocommand was received at General Lees head-quarters, then atCulpeper Court House, abouttwenty-four hours after it reached Warrenton,though not through official courtesy. GeneralLee, on receiving the news, said he regret-ted to part with McClellan, For, he added, we always understood each other so fear they may continue to make thesechanges till t
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