. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ^T^HE Chancellors-J- ville campaignwas the mosteventful one ofthe late civil brought out inbolder relief theadvantages and also the deficiencies in botharmies, than any other campaign. In thissketch it is proposed to note salient pointswithout encumbering the narrative with thesubordinate details that render military his-tory so intricate and uninteresting to the un-professional reader. There are two branches of the military pro-fession upon which success depends. Theyare essentially di
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ^T^HE Chancellors-J- ville campaignwas the mosteventful one ofthe late civil brought out inbolder relief theadvantages and also the deficiencies in botharmies, than any other campaign. In thissketch it is proposed to note salient pointswithout encumbering the narrative with thesubordinate details that render military his-tory so intricate and uninteresting to the un-professional reader. There are two branches of the military pro-fession upon which success depends. Theyare essentially different from each other, andyet so dependent, that a commander of anarmy, who is not master of both, is not masterof the situation. These two branches are styledstrategy and tactics. Strategy embraces themovements and manoeuvres of the differentparts of an army, outside of the reach of theenemys cannon; or, in other words, out ofhis sight. Tactics is confined to the move-ments of an army under fire. The strategy of a commander may be of ahigh order, but he will lose all the advantageshe has obtai
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