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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...and treasure, the armies of the Union were once more recruited and equipped, and the command of the Army of the Potomac was entrusted to General Hooker, "Fighting Joe Hooker," as he was called--whose reputation was such that he was supposed to make good at once all the deficiencies of McClellan and Burnside. He had shown capacity to command a corps both in the West and the East, and was given to criticising his superiors with much self-confidence. His selfconfidence was, indeed, so great that it called from Mr. Lincoln one of those remarkable letters which he was given to writing on occasion. The plan on which he proceeded was acknowledged to be well-conceived and gave promise of victory. While Burnside was ordered to cross the Rappahannock below Lee's fortified position at Fredericksburg, threaten his right flank, and assail his lines of communication with Richmond, Hooker marched up the river, crossed it high up beyond Lee's extreme left and prepared to assail his rear. In the full assurance that he had "the finest army in the world holding the strongest position on the planet," he elaborated his plans and prepared to deliver the assault which should force Lee from his defensive position with the alternative of the capture of his entire army. Possibly, he ranked Lee as a captain good for defensive operations alone. If so, his error cost him dear. While he was congratulating himself on his tactics and issuing grandiloquent proclamations to his eager yet untried army in the tone of a conqueror, declaring that the enemy must come out from his breastworks and fight him on his own ground "where certain destruction awaited him," or else "ingloriously fly," Lee performed the same masterly feat which he had already performe...Hide synopsis
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Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a pre-1923...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Thoug.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a pre-1923...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Thoug.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. 1908. With Portrait....New. This item is printed on demand. 1908. With Portrait. Thomas Nelson Page, author of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry, is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South. In this volume he provides a sketch of, as he.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a pre-1923...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Thoug.
