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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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h, never mind ! Theyll take it backafter our first battle. And they did. At thetime of the meeting on the Tigress he was abrigadier-general, and commanded the divis-ion which in the land operations against FortHenry marched up the left bank of the riveragainst Fort Heiman. Another officer worthy of mention wasJohn A. McClernand, also a brigadier. Byprofession a lawyer, he was in his first of mil-itary service. Brave, industrious, methodical,and of unquestioned cleverness, he wasrapidly acquiring the art of war. There was still another in attendance onthe ligress that day not to be )jassed — ayoung man who had followed General Orantfrom Illinois, and was seeing his first of mili-tary service. No soldier in the least familiarwith headquarters on the Tennessee can everforget the slender figure, large black eyes,hectic cheeks, and sincere, earnest manner ofJohn A. Rawlins, then assistant adjutant-gen-eral, afterward major-general and secretaryof war. He had two devotions in especial —
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MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN A. MCCLERNAND. the cause and his chief He lived to see thefirst triumphant and the latter first in ))eaceas well as in war. Probably no oflicer of theUnion was mourned by so many armies. Fort Henry, it will be remembered, wastaken by Flag-Officer Foote on the 6th ofFebruary. The time up to the 12th was givento reconnoitering the country in the directionof Fort Donelson. Two roads were dis-covered : one of twelve miles direct, the otheralmost parallel with the first, but, on accountof a slight divergence, two miles longer. By eight oclock in the morning, the firstdivision. General McClernand commanding,and the second, under General .Smith, werein full march. McClernands was composed of Illinoistroops entirely, with the exception of com-pany C Second United States cavalry andcompany I Fourth United States cavalr\.The first brigade. Colonel Richnrd j. Oglesby,five regiments of infantry, the Fighth, Eight-eenth,Twenty-ninth. Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Illinois; artille

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