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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 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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He had taken from dayto day the first horse he could lay his hands on,and had shared the luncheon of any general nearwhom he happened to halt.-^ His forces remained for three days at Hankin-sons Ferry waiting for supplies and reenforce-ments from across the river which were constantlyarriving. Though the army was on short rationsof bread they had in this fertile and populous dis-trict a great plenty of other things, and after thelong months of levee, swamp, and bayou, theyheartily enjoyed those first days of high and dryland, of fresh beef, and poultry. The men werenot entirely idle; General Grant employed the 1 E. B. Washburne wrote to an orderly or servant, a blanketLincoln on the 1st of May, 1863, or overcoat or clean shirt, orlam afraid Grant will have to even a sword — that being car-be reproved for want of style, ried by his boy 13 years old. HisOn this whole march for five days entire baggage consists of ahe has had neither a horse nor tooth-brush. MS. NN>,^\VV,^x\^ ^^ ^ \
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GKANTS may battles in MISSISSIPPI 177 Grant, Report. W. R. Vol.XXIV., Part I., p. 50. time in demonstrations on both sides of the Big chap.vii,Black, for the purpose of inducing the enemy tothink that his intentions pointed in that direction.But on the morning of the 7th the army in high May, isea.health and spirits broke camp and started on theirmarch towards the center of the enemys line be-tween Vicksburg and Jackson. It was my in-tention here, says General Grant, to hug theBig Black River as closely as possible with McCler-nands and Shermans corps, and get them to therailroad at some place between Edwardss Stationand Bolton. He intended McPherson, command-ing the right wing,^ to move by way of the villageof Utica to Raymond and thence to make a rapiddash upon Jackson, the capital of the State, to dowhat damage might be swiftly wrought upon therailroad and public stores, and then to rejoin themain army. A close watch was to be kept on theferries of the Big Black to prevent the sudd

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