. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE PLANS THAT FAILED From his headciiiarters at the Philliiis house, Burnside directed the disastrous maneuvers of his armyduring the battle of December LSth. On December 9th Burnside called his generals together and per-sisted in his plan for a direct assault upon Lee, who was strongly entrenched in a position of his own choos-ing. The slaughter at Maryes Heights on the ISth i^roved him in the wrong. Nevertheless, Burnsideon the field that night gave orders to renew the attack the next morning. Returning to the Phillips
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE PLANS THAT FAILED From his headciiiarters at the Philliiis house, Burnside directed the disastrous maneuvers of his armyduring the battle of December LSth. On December 9th Burnside called his generals together and per-sisted in his plan for a direct assault upon Lee, who was strongly entrenched in a position of his own choos-ing. The slaughter at Maryes Heights on the ISth i^roved him in the wrong. Nevertheless, Burnsideon the field that night gave orders to renew the attack the next morning. Returning to the Phillips 1 , he found among the others Colonel Rush C. Hawkins, who had come at the request ofGenerals Willcox, Humphreys, Meade, and Getty, who had all faced that terrible fire on Telegrai)hRoad. A conference ensued in the presence of Sumner, Hooker, and Franklin, and Burnside was atlast dissuaded.
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