. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . ng and massed at thethreatened points. Maryes Hill, at the centre of this line, was thekey-point of the position and was about half a milesouth of the city. On every prominent knob and knoll,artilllery was placed, so that from various points a con-centric fire could be directed upon any point within thereach of cannon. Upon Maryes Hill and Deep Run, acreek east of the Hill a short distance, one hundred heavyguns were brought to bear at times during the b
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . ng and massed at thethreatened points. Maryes Hill, at the centre of this line, was thekey-point of the position and was about half a milesouth of the city. On every prominent knob and knoll,artilllery was placed, so that from various points a con-centric fire could be directed upon any point within thereach of cannon. Upon Maryes Hill and Deep Run, acreek east of the Hill a short distance, one hundred heavyguns were brought to bear at times during the commanded the left wing, holding around thecity, while Jackson commanded the right, lying along a rail-road embankment almost parallel with the river. Jacksonsposition was thus very strong, and was still further strength-ened by breastworks. Maryes Hill was steep and was ren-dered almost inaccessable by a stone wall which ran alongits side, and before which Lee caused a ditch to be was satisfied that his position was almost impregnable —it would have been so, even with an army a third less in sizeto defend COMFEDERATE FORCES-union p3a2 BURNSIDE PREPARES FOR AN ASSAULT. 333 But the Federal general, eager to win a battle and una-ble to perceive what difficulties lay before him, approachedthis position from the north and prepared to attack remembered how McClellan fell because of a lackof energy; but, unfortunately, he proceeded to the oppositeextreme, until his energy became rashness. He had onehundred thousand men; but two hundred thousand mightnot have driven Lee from his stronghold without terribleloss. He carefully studied his opponents position andresolved to assail its centre and right. He therefore causedtwo pontoon bridges to be laid across the river, one oppo-site the city, the other opposite Deep Run, against whichpoints he was about to hurl his army. He led the attack atthe city in person; Gen. Franklin commanded the l
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