. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . e comment by Virginians who have writen of the war. It was addressed to D. THill, and they charged that its loss was -to him, and that the failure of the the result of the lost order. As GeneHill has proven that he never received %order at his headquarters it must havelost by some one else. Ordinarily upoting possession of such an order the ad^would take it as a decoy, but it seenGeneral McClellan gave it his confuand made his dispositions accordingly,planned his attack upon D. H. Hill under thimpression that I was there with twel
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . e comment by Virginians who have writen of the war. It was addressed to D. THill, and they charged that its loss was -to him, and that the failure of the the result of the lost order. As GeneHill has proven that he never received %order at his headquarters it must havelost by some one else. Ordinarily upoting possession of such an order the ad^would take it as a decoy, but it seenGeneral McClellan gave it his confuand made his dispositions accordingly,planned his attack upon D. H. Hill under thimpression that I was there with twelve brigades, nine of which were really at Hagerstown, and R. H. Andersons division was 01Maryland Heights with General McLawsHad he exercised due diligence in seekiniinformation from his own resources he woukhave known better the situation at SoutlMountain and could have enveloped General D. H. Hills division on the afternoorof the 13th, or early on the morning of th(14th, and then turned upon McLaws at Maryland Heights, before I could have reachec. In his report General Sturgis describes as follows the chargethe bridge: Order* arrived from General Burnride to carry the bridge atall hazards I then selected the Fifty-first New York and therifty-first Pennsylvania from the Second Brigade, and directedthern to charge with the bayonet. They started on their missionof death full of enthusiasm, and taking a route less exposed than AFTER HIS SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.) the regiments [Second Maryland and Sixth New Hampshire]which had made the effort before them, rushed at a double-quickover the slope leading to the bridge and over the bridge itself,with an impetuosity which the enemy could not resist: and thestars and stripes were planted on the opposite bank at one oclockV. M., amid the most enthusiastic cheering from every part of thefield from where they could be seen. THE INVASION OF MARYLAND. 3
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