. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . st at the season when the partisanand guerrilla operations of rebel sympathiz-ers were necessarily impeded or wholly sus-pended by severe weather; and this, joined withthe vigorous administration of General Hal- 566 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. leek, and the fact that Curtis was chasing thearmy of Price out of south-western ^Missouri,gave a delusive appearance of quiet and orderthroughout the State. We shall see how thissecuntv was rudely disturbed during the sum-mer of 1S62 by local etibrts and uprisings,though the rebels were not able to bring aboutan
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . st at the season when the partisanand guerrilla operations of rebel sympathiz-ers were necessarily impeded or wholly sus-pended by severe weather; and this, joined withthe vigorous administration of General Hal- 566 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. leek, and the fact that Curtis was chasing thearmy of Price out of south-western ^Missouri,gave a delusive appearance of quiet and orderthroughout the State. We shall see how thissecuntv was rudely disturbed during the sum-mer of 1S62 by local etibrts and uprisings,though the rebels were not able to bring aboutanv formidable campaign of invasion, and Mis- tion became, in the public estimation, rathera sign of suspicion than an assurance of hon-esty and good faith. It grew into one of thestanding jests of the camps that when a Unionsoldier found a rattlesnake, his comradeswould instantly propose with mock gravity, Administer the oath to him, boys, and lethim 2,0. .Al:oa MAP OF KENTUCKY .V>D TEXXESSEE O H / ^. < SCALE OF STATUTE MILES10 30 50 1 OjiiPv?. ^ef*^^ rXnwensboro fi§&)toibkRobioson^^ 35 ^O Z^ .y„„1ti= ^ >f.^ ^ X^O?
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