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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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fight. General Wallace has sinceclaimed that the order delivered to him by His services on those two eventful days wouldno doubt have been of inestimable value hadhis health permitted his presence. The com-mand of his division devolved upon Brigadier- Captain Baxter was simply to join the right General W. H. L. Wallace, a most estimableof the army, and that theroad over which he march-ed would have taken himto the road from Pittsburgto Purdy, where it crossesOwl Creek, on the right ofSherman; but this is notwhere I had ordered himnor where I wanted himto go. Even if he werecorrect as to the wordingof the order, it was still avery unmilitary proceed-ing to join the right of thearray from the flank in-stead of from the base.His was one of three vet-eran divisions that hadbeen in battle, and its ab-sence was severely felt.Later in the war, (ieneralWallace would never havemade the mistake that hecommitted on the 6th ofApril, 1862. I presumehis idea was that by tak-ing the route he did, he
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(General Grants headquarters werel>ccn arilcd. The building; on the left is athe bluflf, and is much changed since the ^L MILES BELOW (NORTH OF) PITTSBUKG LANDING. in the Cherry mansion, on the right; the portico has since-The town lies a!M)iit a quarter of r new hole)var.J nilc back from THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. 597 and able officer,— a veteran, too, for he had also considerable underbrush. A number ofserved a year in the Mexican war, and had attemjits were made by the enemy to turn ourbeen with his command at Henry and Donel- right tlank, where Sherman was posted, butson. Wallace was mortally wounded in the every effort was repulsed with heavy loss. But the front attack waskept up so vigorouslythat, to prevent thesuccess of these at-temjjts to get on ourtlanks, the Federaltroops were com-pelled several timesto take positions tothe rear, nearer Pitts-burg Landing. Whenthe iiring ceased atnight, the Federal linewas more than a mile

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