. Abraham Lincoln : a history . e EichmondGovernment. The operations of Pleasonton having brushedthe enemy entirely out of Loudon County andgiven General Hooker control of the Potomac be-low Harpers Ferry, he was able to choose at per-fect leisure his time and place for crossing the Richmond Sentinel, June 20. lenity in not burning their I applied the torch, hesaid, without regard to the con-sequences, I would have pursueda course that would have beenfully vindicated as an act of justretaliation for the unparalleledacts of brutality perpetrated byyour own army on our soil. Butwe do no
. Abraham Lincoln : a history . e EichmondGovernment. The operations of Pleasonton having brushedthe enemy entirely out of Loudon County andgiven General Hooker control of the Potomac be-low Harpers Ferry, he was able to choose at per-fect leisure his time and place for crossing the Richmond Sentinel, June 20. lenity in not burning their I applied the torch, hesaid, without regard to the con-sequences, I would have pursueda course that would have beenfully vindicated as an act of justretaliation for the unparalleledacts of brutality perpetrated byyour own army on our soil. Butwe do not war upon women andchildren, and I trust the treat- ment you have met with at thehands of my soldiers will openyour eyes to the odious tyrannyunder which, it is apparent toall, you are groaning. Somehundreds of Southern citieswere, at the moment this pre-posterous document was issued,resting in peace and securityunder the flag of the UnitedStates. Moore, VII.,Docu-ments,p. 328. 222 ABRAHAM LINCOLN Ch. POSITIONS JUNE 28, 1863. river. He waited until Lees whole army was onthe north side, and then crossed at Edwardss directed General Reynolds to seize the passesof the South Mountain so as not only to anticipatethe enemy in their possession, but also to confinehim to a single line of invasion west of those then directed Reynolds with the First, Third,and Eleventh Corps to take position at Middle- THE INVASION OP PENNSYLVANIA 223 town. He determined at once to strike the point ch. General Lee was most sensitive, to pnsh astrong colnmn directly west upon his line of com-munications, and to keep the rest of his army inposition to support it. The feeling of grievancewhich he had towards General Halleck had not fora moment influenced his action or impeded hiszealous activity; but the feeling remained ; and onthe 27th, just before leaving Poolesville to make a June, inspection of the post of Harpers Ferry,he telegraph
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