. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . o win great victories. They would support anyother commander with lukewarmness, if they supportedhim at all. There was no such rigid and severe disciplinein the Union army as exists in the military organizationsof European states. Military councils were somethingin the nature of condensed town-meetings. The rankand file maintained an exchange of sentiment and judg-ment that corresponded exactly to the public opinion of 343 THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. towns, cities, and other communities. The country wasslow to give up its faitb in the young Gen
. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . o win great victories. They would support anyother commander with lukewarmness, if they supportedhim at all. There was no such rigid and severe disciplinein the Union army as exists in the military organizationsof European states. Military councils were somethingin the nature of condensed town-meetings. The rankand file maintained an exchange of sentiment and judg-ment that corresponded exactly to the public opinion of 343 THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. towns, cities, and other communities. The country wasslow to give up its faitb in the young General, who, in thevery opening of the war, achieved military successes inWestern Virginia and won for himself a name beforeother men had had a chance to distinguish was reluctant to rouse animosities and harshjudgments by a removal of McClellan while he yet hada chance to retrieve himself. He remained to encour-age popular and military confidence. It was not untilMcClellan had, so to speak, worn out his reputation, thathe was ?J>*^$^V0?£i$&i¥M<f M^Sa^ST ^^J\X P^t^^&W3r^& ^^^^m ||fj<j|Sl ^^^®^F ^ 5i\wlk B^^K^^HP^i V^i^vT l«^)*J]sg5ja Mm ^5(w-y:^^7l iSAi/ffive^J-Syf * ^^^^^^^^^p^^v ^E^#^^=^^ sillllll gs* CHAPTER XXIII. THE TURNING OF THE TIDE. The Battle of Fredericksburg—Rise of the Peace Party—Factions in Con-gress—The Battle of Chancellorsville—A Conscription Ordered andMartial Law Declared—Colored Troops Enlisted—Great FinancialMeasures Afoot—Vallandighams Expulsion and Return—Growth ofthe Anti-War Sentiment—Fall of Vicksburg and Battle of Gettysburg—Popular Rejoicings—The Presidents Proclamation of Thanksgiving—Draft Riots in New York—Lincolns Address on the Field of Get-tysburg—Grant and Sherman in the West. GENERAL AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE succeededMcClellan as commander of the Army of the Po-tomac. General Burnside was a graduate of the UnitedStates Military Academy, but had been, like his prede-cessor
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