. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. his retreat became a rout, and had not darkness come to his rescuethere is no telling what might have resulted. The slaughter inthis battle was terrible on both sides, the Federals losing fifteenthousand in killed, wounded and prisoners, while the Confederateslost in killed and wounded between seven and eight thousand the heavy loss in troops entailed on the Federals, a largeamount of property, including twenty-five thousand stand of small. 226 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD EEE, arms and twenty-three pieces of artillery, an
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. his retreat became a rout, and had not darkness come to his rescuethere is no telling what might have resulted. The slaughter inthis battle was terrible on both sides, the Federals losing fifteenthousand in killed, wounded and prisoners, while the Confederateslost in killed and wounded between seven and eight thousand the heavy loss in troops entailed on the Federals, a largeamount of property, including twenty-five thousand stand of small. 226 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD EEE, arms and twenty-three pieces of artillery, and a large amount ofmedical stores, taken at Centreville, fell into the hands of thevictors. Pope had proven a failure, with his Headquarters in theSaddle. It was jocosely remarked in the Confederate army atthe time, that if his headquarters had been in the right placehe might possibly have done better, and this opinion was sharedby the authorities at Washington, for he was shortly afterwardremoved, and McClellan reinstated in his old position. Apart from the success which attended General Lees move-ments in Virginia there were political considerations whichprompted the invasion of Maryland and determined that course ofaction on his part. It had been the policy of the South from theoutset of the war to conduct its military operations purely ondefensive principles, and this course was dictated by reasons alikefar-reaching and just, to say nothing of its wisdom. It was early developed in the struggle that a stric
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