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Title: Abraham Lincoln; a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents -- United States United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York, The Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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General Grant gave evidencethat he had fully learned the severe lesson of thatterrible encounter. Reporting to Halleck his in-formation that the enemy was again concentratingall his forces at Corinth, he added: I do not liketo suggest, but it appears to me that it would bedemoralizing upon our troops here to be forced toretire upon the opposite bank of the river, and un-safe to remain on this many weeks without largereenforcements. Hallecks opinion probably coincided with thatof Grant, and the fortunes of war enabled himimmediately to fulfill his promise to come tohis relief. The day which saw the conclusion ofthe fight at Shiloh (April 7, 1862) witnessed thesurrender of the rebel works at Island No. 10,on the Mississippi River, and the quick captureof nearly their entire garrison of 6000 or 7000men. This finished the task which General Popehad been sent to do, and enabled Halleck to trans-fer him and his army, by water, from the Mis-sissippi River to the Tennessee. HaUecks order 336
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GENEfiAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-SEVEN, THE NEW YOrKPUBLIC i; RAP^ ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUiSDATIONB hallecks cokinth campaign 337 was made on April 15, and on the 22d Pope landed chap. xix.at Hamburg, four miles above the battlefield ofShiloh, with his compact force of 20,000 men fullyorganized and equipped, and flushed with a signalvictory. Halleck had arrived before him. Reach-ing Pittsburg Landing on the 11th of April, hebegan with industry to cure the disorders producedby the recent battle. Critics who still accuse theLincoln Administration of ignorant meddling with g^^^^^^ ^^military affairs are invited to remember the Ian- ^pi-n^J;guage of the Secretary of War to Halleck on this ^^voiA.foccasion: I have no instructions to give you. Go ^p^^gahead, and all success attend you. The arrival of Pope was utilized by Halleck togive his united command an easy and immediateorganization into army corps. His special fieldorders of April 28 named the Army of the Ten-nes

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