. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . 68o SHARPSBURG. i : i m. .>*-1 a there was 1lying parti; because hewas a tall , sSS« i&J he was then close-ly engaged. Soonreturning to mycommand, I re-peated GeneralJacksons order tomy brigade com-manders and di-rected them tolisten for the soundof Stuarts all confidentlyexpected to hearthe welcome soundby 2 oclock, atleast, and as thathour approachedevery ear was onthe alert. Napo-leon at Waterloodid not listen moreintently for th
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . 68o SHARPSBURG. i : i m. .>*-1 a there was 1lying parti; because hewas a tall , sSS« i&J he was then close-ly engaged. Soonreturning to mycommand, I re-peated GeneralJacksons order tomy brigade com-manders and di-rected them tolisten for the soundof Stuarts all confidentlyexpected to hearthe welcome soundby 2 oclock, atleast, and as thathour approachedevery ear was onthe alert. Napo-leon at Waterloodid not listen moreintently for thesound of Grouchysfire than did we for Stuarts. Two oclock came, but nothing was heard of Stuart. Half-pasttwo and then three, and still Stuart made no sign. About half-past three a staff-officer of General Longstreet brought me anorder from that general to advance and attack the enemy in my front. As theexecution of this order would materially interfere with Jacksons plans, Ithought it my duty before beginning the movement to communicate withGeneral Longstreet personally. I found him in rear of the position in whichI had posted Cooke in the morning, and upon inform
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