Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . on with a couragethat could not be surpassed until one-half lay dead and dying, when the reststaggered backward out of the furnace-blast of death. The gallant Hancockgathered up the fragments of the shattered line, and, uniting them with his ownmen, numbering 5,000 in all, he led a charge, which in a brief while stretched 2,000dead or wounded. Still the survivors held their ground and were joined by UNION DISASTER AT FREDERIC
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . on with a couragethat could not be surpassed until one-half lay dead and dying, when the reststaggered backward out of the furnace-blast of death. The gallant Hancockgathered up the fragments of the shattered line, and, uniting them with his ownmen, numbering 5,000 in all, he led a charge, which in a brief while stretched 2,000dead or wounded. Still the survivors held their ground and were joined by UNION DISASTER AT FREDERICKSBURG. 329 others, who fell so fast that it Avas soon evident that every man would be grimly remarking, I guess we have had enough killed to satisfy Burn-side, Hancock ordered the brave fellows to fall back. Burnside was frantic over the repeated failures. He was determined thatthe heights should be carried, and ordered Hooker, his only remaining general,to do it. Hooker went across with his three divisions, made a careful recounois-sance, and saw that to carry out the command meant the massacre of all his the stone wall 1,700 layhave ordered another. fused, and Hooker attempted to obey, leading 4,000 of as brave men as evershouldered a musket; but before they could reachhelpless on the icy earth and the remainder fled. Had not night been at hand, Burnside wouldcharge and sacrificedhundreds of morelives, but he con-cluded to let the menlive until the nextmorning. Already1,200 had beenkilled, almost 10,000 ^ ^wounded, and sev- -F~~^eral thousand were ^^^missing. The com- ^-ziia^manders gathered _ • around Burnsideand insisted that the «=^ army should bebrought across theriver before it was annihilated, but he refused. He was resolved on sacrificingseveral thousand more under the ghastly name of a charge. At last, how-ever, he became more reasonable and listened to his officers. Perhaps theshrieks of the wounded, who lay for two days and nights where they had fall
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