. Abraham Lincoln; a history . O O • • GENERAL HOOKERS ARMY. 1st Corps, Reynolds / 2d Corps, Couch ^ 3d Corps, Sickles j Sth Corps, Meade j 6th Corps, Sedgwick 6 nth Corps, Howard // I2th Corps, Slocnm y.». CHANCELLORSVILLE 96 ABKAHAM LINCOLN Chap. IV. Doubleday, Chan-cellorsvilleand Gettys-burg, p. 12. General G. ,Report. W. R. Vol. XXV., Part I., p. 193. 1863. ground. Except for rare clearings, the wholecountry in which Hooker now found himself wasa dense and tangled forest, in every part of whichthe axmaii had to be employed before the artiller-ist could be made availab
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . O O • • GENERAL HOOKERS ARMY. 1st Corps, Reynolds / 2d Corps, Couch ^ 3d Corps, Sickles j Sth Corps, Meade j 6th Corps, Sedgwick 6 nth Corps, Howard // I2th Corps, Slocnm y.». CHANCELLORSVILLE 96 ABKAHAM LINCOLN Chap. IV. Doubleday, Chan-cellorsvilleand Gettys-burg, p. 12. General G. ,Report. W. R. Vol. XXV., Part I., p. 193. 1863. ground. Except for rare clearings, the wholecountry in which Hooker now found himself wasa dense and tangled forest, in every part of whichthe axmaii had to be employed before the artiller-ist could be made available; cavalry were for themost part of no use; the troops could not be seenby their officers; a regiment deployed as skirmish-ers disappeared from the sight of their coloDel asif the earth had swallowed them. After half anhours march through the thicket the best equippedtroops would reappear in rags and tatters. Gen-eral Doubleday says, It was worse than fighting ina dense fog. The frightful reverberation of battleamong the trees was enough to appal the stoutestheart, yet a few hundred yards away nothing wouldbe heard. The generals on either side, shut outfrom sight or from hearing, had to trust to th
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