. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . General Macdonald, withorders to charge the Austrian center. Thecharge was a success, but Macdonald lostten men out of every eleven, and had everypiece of his artillery dismounted. For thischarge Napoleon made Macdonald a mar-shal of France on the field of battle. It had enabled the two corps of Bernadotteand Massena to prosecute their march undis-turbed; Bernadottes corps was in front andstruck the Austrians first, but, by one of thoseunexpected occurrences that often baffle thefinest operations in war, his troops became donald, and the cru
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . General Macdonald, withorders to charge the Austrian center. Thecharge was a success, but Macdonald lostten men out of every eleven, and had everypiece of his artillery dismounted. For thischarge Napoleon made Macdonald a mar-shal of France on the field of battle. It had enabled the two corps of Bernadotteand Massena to prosecute their march undis-turbed; Bernadottes corps was in front andstruck the Austrians first, but, by one of thoseunexpected occurrences that often baffle thefinest operations in war, his troops became donald, and the crushing blow given by themagnificent fighting of Massena. Withoutthe fighting of Macdonald and Massena, thecampaign would have failed, and to Napoleon, who selected those men to do suchdesperate fighting, belongs the honor of thevictory his genius created by his strategyand grand tactics. General Hooker, who after the disasterof Fredericksburg was appointed to the com-mand of the Army of the Potomac in placeof General Burnside, decided in the latter. CROSSING THE RAPIDAN AT ELYS FORD. (BY EDWIN FORBES, FROM HIS SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.) panic-stricken, like the Eleventh Corps atChancellorsville, and fled in confusion backupon the corps of Massena. This so enragedthat marshal, that he ordered his troops to fireupon them, charge them, and drive them backupon the Austrians. This was done with theimpetuosity, determination, and genius thatal ways characterized Massenas greatest efforts;the Austrians, thrown into confusion, beganretreating, and the field of Wagram was this service Napoleon gave Massena thetitle of Prince of Essling. This campaign shows the strategy of Napoleon: How he crossed his army over the Dan-ube, while his enemy was unable to preventit; how his further strategy of detaching thetwo corps of Bernadotte and Massena, toattack the enemys weak point, was madesuccessful by the splendid tactics of Mac- part of the month of April, 1863, to undertakean offensive c
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