. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . to him l)y the faltering hands of his predecessor was to expireAvhile he was still responsible for the continuity of the flame. And it was not only in 1801 that the capital was anxiety of the President (never for himself, but only forhis country and his responsibilities) was to be renewed in June,1863, when Lee was in INIar^^land, and in July, 1864, at thetime of Karlys raid. It was during Earlys hurried attackthat Lincoln, visiting Fort Stevens, came into direct sight ofthe fighting bj which Earlys men were finally r
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . to him l)y the faltering hands of his predecessor was to expireAvhile he was still responsible for the continuity of the flame. And it was not only in 1801 that the capital was anxiety of the President (never for himself, but only forhis country and his responsibilities) was to be renewed in June,1863, when Lee was in INIar^^land, and in July, 1864, at thetime of Karlys raid. It was during Earlys hurried attackthat Lincoln, visiting Fort Stevens, came into direct sight ofthe fighting bj which Earlys men were finally repulsed. Forthe President, the war must indeed at this time have beensomething in the present tense, something which meant dreadjiossibilities always impending. The month of July, 18G3, marked the turning point of thegreat contest. If the Federal lines had been broken at Gettys-burg, Lee would have been able, in placing his army across thehighways to Baltimore and to Philadelphia, to isolate Washing-ton from the Xorth. The Army of the Potomac would, ofcourse
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