. Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln . sober secondthought and retired. Rosecrans and Grant de-feated Price at luka, Septem-ber 19th. Price was againrepulsed October 3d, when,with Van Dorn, he advancedon Corinth. In December occurred thegreat battle of Murfreesbor-ough, in which Bragg wasdefeated on the banks ofStone river, by the first days conflict aportion of the Union forceswas shattered. The bruntof the battle now fell onThomas, and he
. Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln . sober secondthought and retired. Rosecrans and Grant de-feated Price at luka, Septem-ber 19th. Price was againrepulsed October 3d, when,with Van Dorn, he advancedon Corinth. In December occurred thegreat battle of Murfreesbor-ough, in which Bragg wasdefeated on the banks ofStone river, by the first days conflict aportion of the Union forceswas shattered. The bruntof the battle now fell onThomas, and he was crowdedback. Rosecrans, however,readjusted his lines, and asthe result of the unparalleled heroism of William B. Hazen, who, with 1,300men, stayed the onward course of the rebels, the Federal lines were com-pletely restored. New-Years morning, 1863, found Rosecrans strongly posted,and ready for renewal of the conflict. On the second the battle was renewed,and finally Bragg and his host were driven back, with great slaughter. In Virginia, Banks met one of the greatest and most effective of Confederategenerals, Stonewall Jackson, and was driven back. The Union forces were. JUDGE N. M. BKOADWELL. One of Lincolns personal friends and colleagues atthe Springfield bar. 162 ABRAHAM LINCOLIT. defeated at Fort Royal. Fremont drove back Jackson at Cross Keys, and Jacksonthen defeated General Shields at Port Republic, and passed onto assist in defend-ing Richmond, the rebel capital. At last, March 10, 1862, McClellan, with 200,000 men, the Army of thePotomac, began the long march to the Confederate capital; the cry of On toRichmond! had at last had its effect. At Manassas Junction the Confederatesfell back. McClellan, at this point, changed his plan and embarked 120,000 ofhis men to Fortress Monroe. Tliis force advanced to Yorktown, which was advance was then made to Williamsburg, where the rebels were defeated,with a severe loss, as they were again at West Point, and the Un
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