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December 13th (search for this): chapter 20
On the field of Fredericksburg. Hon. D. Watson Rowe.
Every one remembers the slaughter and the failure at Fredericksburg; the grief of it, the momentary pang of despair.
Burnside was the man of the 13th of December; than he, no more gallant soldier in all the army, no more patriotic citizen in all the republic.
But he attempted there the impossible, and, as repulse grew toward disaster, lost that equal mind, which is necessary in arduous affairs.
Let us remember, however, and at once, that it is easy to be wise after the event.
The Army of the Potomac felt, at the end of that calamitous day, that hope itself was killed-hope, whose presence was never before wanting to that array of the unconquerable will, and steadfast purpose, and courage to persevere; the secret of its final triumph.
I have undertaken to describe certain night-scenes on that field famous for bloodshed.
The battle is terrible; but the sequel of it is horrible.
The battle, the charging column, is grand, sub
December (search for this): chapter 20