. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . d completed onlyabout three pages of foolscap, which extendin the print below to a place indicated. It is an interesting fact that in this finalcopy the paragraph commencing with thewords So long as life lasts was apparentlythe last written, being on a separate page andindicated by a letter A for insertion where itstands. This tribute of admiration for thearmy which loved him as lie loved them wasamong the last thoughts, if it was nut the \ crylast, which his pen committed to paper. Although this introduction to the accountof Antietam is but
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . d completed onlyabout three pages of foolscap, which extendin the print below to a place indicated. It is an interesting fact that in this finalcopy the paragraph commencing with thewords So long as life lasts was apparentlythe last written, being on a separate page andindicated by a letter A for insertion where itstands. This tribute of admiration for thearmy which loved him as lie loved them wasamong the last thoughts, if it was nut the \ crylast, which his pen committed to paper. Although this introduction to the accountof Antietam is but his fust sketch, and not inthe final shape he would have given it forpublication, it is so comprehensive and com-plete, and contains so much that is of historicalimportance, his literary executor has consid-ered it his duty to allow its publication inThe Century in the form in which GeneralMcClellan left it, and thus as far as possiblefulfill a promise made in the last hours of hislife. William C. Prime. FROM THE PEXIXSULA TO ANTIETAM. S&i=S=3. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT SHARPS BURG — OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY OF THE ANTIETAM. IT is notpropos-ed to give in thisarticle a detailedaccount of thebattles of SouthMountain andAntietam, but simply a sketch of the generaloperations of the Maryland campaign of 1862intended for general readers, especially forthose whose memory does not extend backto those exciting days, and whose knowledgeis derived from the meager accounts in so-called histories, too often intended to misleadand pander to party prejudices rather thanto seek and record the truth. A great battle can never be regarded as asolitaire, a jewel to be admired or condemnedfor itself alone, and without reference to sur-rounding objects and circumstances. A bat-tle is always one link in a long chain ofevents; the culmination of one series of raa-nceuvres, and the starting-point of anotherseries — therefore it can never be fully under-stood without reference to preceding and sub-seq
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