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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (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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ad not done justice to hisinstruction; that his fire, instead of being con-centrated on the point of attack, as it oughtto have been, and as I expected it would3e, was scattered over the whole field. Hewas amused at the criticism and said : I re-membered my lessons at the time, and when:he fire became so scattered, wondered whatfou would think about it! I now rode along the ridge to inspect thelatteries. The infantry were lying down on its reverse slope, near the crest, in open ranks,waiting events. As I passe* 1 alt >ng. a bolt froma rifle-gun struck the ground just in front ofa man of the front rank, penetrated the sur-face and passed under him, throwing himover and over. He fell behind the rearrank, apparently dead, and a ridge of earthwhere he had been lying reminded me of thebackwoods practice of barking squirrels.Our fire was deliberate, but on inspecting thechests I found that the ammunition was run-ning low, and hastened to General Meade to 45 6 THE THIRD DAY AT GETTYSBURG.
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PICKETT S CHARGE, II.— THE MAIN COLLISION TO THE RIGHT OF THE CLUMP OF TREES. (FROM THE CYCLORAMA OF GETTYSBURG.) In this hand-to-hand conflict General Armistead was killed and General Webb was wounded. advise its immediate cessation and preparationfor the assault which would certainly follow.The headquarters building, immediately be-hind the ridge, had been abandoned, and manyof the horses of the staff lay dead. Being toldthat the general had gone to the cemetery, Iproceeded thither. He was not there, and ontelling General Howard my object, he con-curred in its propriety, and I rode back alongthe ridge, ordering the fire to cease. This wasfollowed by a cessation of that of the enemy,under the mistaken impression that he hadsilenced our guns, and almost immediately hisinfantry came out of the woods and formed forthe assault. On my way to the Taneytown roadto meet the fresh batteries I had ordered up, Imet Major Bingham, of Hancocks staff, whoinformed me that General Meades aids were

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