Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches)
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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miles in that time. On my arrival I foundthe other brigades of Hoods division restingabout a mile from the town, on the Chambers-burg road. In a short time after my brigadecame up, the division was moved to our right(south), traversing the angle between theVol. XXXIII.—39. angle with the road, the right being in advanceof it, between the road and the mountain, andthe left extending across and in rear of theroad. The formation was in two lines. LawsAlabama and Robertsons Texas brigadesin front, supported, at a distance of abouttwo hundred yards, by the Georgia brigadesof Benning and G. T. Anderson. McLawssdivision extended the line to our left, with asimilar formation. The Artillery Battalion,composed ofReillys, Lathams, Gardens, andBachmans batteries, twenty guns in all, weredisposed at advantageous points upon theridge occupied by the line of infantry. Therewere no signs of Federal cavalry or troops tany kind on our right. As a precautionarymeasure, however, a regiment was detached
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