Abraham Lincoln : a history . ver next demand our the vigorous promptings of Halleck we leftthe army of General S. R. Curtis engaged in his try-ing midwinter campaign in Southwestern made ready with all haste to comply with theorder to push on as rapidly as possible and endthe matter with Price. His army obeyed everyorder with cheerful endurance. They contendwith mud, water, and snow and ice manfully,wrote Curtis under date of February 1, 1862, andI trust they will not falter in the face of a moreactive foe. In the same spirit he encouraged hisofficers: The roads ar
Abraham Lincoln : a history . ver next demand our the vigorous promptings of Halleck we leftthe army of General S. R. Curtis engaged in his try-ing midwinter campaign in Southwestern made ready with all haste to comply with theorder to push on as rapidly as possible and endthe matter with Price. His army obeyed everyorder with cheerful endurance. They contendwith mud, water, and snow and ice manfully,wrote Curtis under date of February 1, 1862, andI trust they will not falter in the face of a moreactive foe. In the same spirit he encouraged hisofficers: The roads are indeed very bad, butthey are worse for the enemy than for us if heattempts to retreat. . The men should help theteams out of difficulty when necessary, and allmust understand that the elements are to be con-sidered serious obstacles, which we have to encoun- tosigei, ^er an(^ overcome in this campaign. . ConstantF6Vr862, bad roads will be the rule, and a change for the p-sS1 better a rare exception. 288 * %%?$ ,->•. !t f -i== frost;* H I LL/i
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