. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . bel forces would bringthe war to a conclusion and determine, for all time, the successof the secession of the Southern States and the permanencyof that oligarchy which was to be built up upon the cornerstone of a perpetuated human slavery. With such a Generalas Robert E. Lee, with such Lieutenant Generals as Longstreet,Ewell, and A. P. Hill, and with such soldiers as composed theArmy of Virginia who, by repeated trial, were judged com-petent for anything, the su
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . bel forces would bringthe war to a conclusion and determine, for all time, the successof the secession of the Southern States and the permanencyof that oligarchy which was to be built up upon the cornerstone of a perpetuated human slavery. With such a Generalas Robert E. Lee, with such Lieutenant Generals as Longstreet,Ewell, and A. P. Hill, and with such soldiers as composed theArmy of Virginia who, by repeated trial, were judged com-petent for anything, the success of this campaign of invasionwas, from the start, already deemed secure. But when fallibleman is most confident, defeat is often most certain. Godrules, not man, Man proposes, but God disposes. The oftrepeated cries of the down-trodden and oppressed had enteredinto the Lord of Hosts and he had come forth to effect theirdeliverance and right their wrongs. The time had passedwhen any government founded upon human slavery couldstand secure, much less that one whose acknowledged corner PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEKR INI<-AN1RV. 385. Stone was the perpetual slavery of man. God has willed thedeliverance of all, and who can thwart the purposes of the Al-mighty Ruler of the universe ? General Lee began his movement of invading the north-ern loyal States, on the third of June, by sending McLawsdivision of Longstreets Corpsand, also. Hoods division, toCulpepper, On the fourthand fifth of June Ewells Corpsfollowed. A. P. Hills Corpswas left to occupy the heightsof Fredericksburg. GeneralHooker, who had been antici-pating that some importantmovement was about to takeplace, arrived at some knowl-edge of its general directionby the cavalry battle at BrandyStation, a battle in which, forthe first time, the main cavalryforce on both sides foughtin regular cavalry style. Thisbattle made known Lees pres-ence in force at Culpepper, and also revealed his pur-pose of invasion. Before this cava
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