. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . reparefor the next day in ammunition, water, and rations, underconviction that the battle of next day, if made as ordered,would be the last of the Army of the Potomac. Morning came and passed without serious demonstra-tions on the part of the enemy. Orders were sent out,however, for renewed efforts to strengthen the Alexander found a point at which he could pit agun in enfilade position to the swell of ground behindwhich the enemy assembled his forces before advancing tothe charge, and Lieutenant-Colonel Lat
. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . reparefor the next day in ammunition, water, and rations, underconviction that the battle of next day, if made as ordered,would be the last of the Army of the Potomac. Morning came and passed without serious demonstra-tions on the part of the enemy. Orders were sent out,however, for renewed efforts to strengthen the Alexander found a point at which he could pit agun in enfilade position to the swell of ground behindwhich the enemy assembled his forces before advancing tothe charge, and Lieutenant-Colonel Latrobe sunk a gunin similar position for fire across the field of their were so well prepared that we became anxious beforethe night of the 14th lest General Burnside would notcome again. In the night he drew back to the river, andduring the night of the 15th recrossed and sent his troopsto their camps. The stone wall was not thought before the battle a veryimportant element. We assumed that the formidableadvance would be made against the troops of McLawss. Chief of Staff of the First Corps, after the Battle of the Wilderness. BATTLE OF FEEDEMCKSBURG. 317 division at Lees Hill, to turn the position at the sunkenroad dislod-e my force stationed there, then to occupyhe sunk n-road^and afterwards ascend to the plateau;;:n which tl. Marye ---n stands; that thrswouWbrins their forces under cross and direct fire of all of ourLtteries-short- and long-range guns-m such concen-tration as to beat them back in bad disorder General Hoods failure to meet his orders to makecounter to the anticipated attack upon Jackson was re-Trted in the official accounts. As he was high in favorS ie authorities, it did not seem prudent to attempt topush the matter, a« called for under the ordinary usages ofwar Bw peccare in bello rum Itcet. General Lee went down to Kichmond soon after thebattle to propose active operations, --^l^^^^f^:formation that gold had advanced to 200 in New Yoik ,hat the w
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