. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . egard to the policy of afront attack, there nowremained not a shadowof doubt that our truepointda/>ftiti was RoundTop, from which theConfederate right wingcould be extended to- wards the Taneytown and Baltimore roads,on the Federal left and rear. I found General Flood on the ridge wherehis line had been formed, communicated tohim the information I had obtained, andpointed out the ease with which a movementby the right flank might be made. He coin-cided fully in my views, but said that his or-ders were positive to attack in front, as soona
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . egard to the policy of afront attack, there nowremained not a shadowof doubt that our truepointda/>ftiti was RoundTop, from which theConfederate right wingcould be extended to- wards the Taneytown and Baltimore roads,on the Federal left and rear. I found General Flood on the ridge wherehis line had been formed, communicated tohim the information I had obtained, andpointed out the ease with which a movementby the right flank might be made. He coin-cided fully in my views, but said that his or-ders were positive to attack in front, as soonas the left of the corps should get intoposition. I therefore entered a formal protestagainst a direct attack, on the grounds: i. Thatthe great natural strength of the enemysposition in our front rendered the result of a di-rect assault extremely uncertain. 2. That,evenif successful, the victory would be purchasedat too great a sacrifice of life, and our troopswould be in no condition to improve it. a front attack was unnecessary,— the M?^:. -^>fcs BETWEEN THE BOWLDERS OF DEVILS DEN — A DEAD CONFEDERATE SHARPSHOOTER.(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) THE CONFEDERATE RIGHT AT GETTYSBURG. occupation of Round Top during the night bymoving upon it from the south, and the ex-tension of our right wing from that pointacross the enemys left and rear, being notonly practicable, but easy. 4. That such amovement would compel a change of fronton the part of the enemy, the abandonmentof his strong position on the heights, andforce him to attack us in position. General Hood called up Captain Hamil-ton, of his staff, and requested me to repeatthe protest to him, and the grounds on whichit was made. He then directed Captain Ham-ilton to find General Longstreet as quicklyas possible and deliver the protest, and to sayto him that he (Hood) indorsed it rode off at once, but in about tenminutes returned, accompanied by a staff-offi-cer of General Longstreet, who said to Gen-eral Hood
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