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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.34 (search)
aster of the art of war is, that to command an army well, a general must think of nothing else. Others have expressed surprise that a soldier of such nice foresight should have persisted for so long a time in endeavoring to maintain lines of such extent with a force constantly decreasing, ill fed and poorly clad; but surely they have failed to remember how often in war the sun of military genius has been obscured by the mists of politics. Too late was evacuation determined upon, and on March 25th Gordon made his brilliant assault against the Federal right — a daring stroke, indeed, but the daring of wisdom and not the rashness of ignoble despair, for by this means alone could Lee hope to force Grant to draw in his left flank, which menaced the proposed line of retreat. How Gordon's sudden blow was at first crowned with success; how his guides ran away and left his storming columns groping in ignorance; Statement of Lieutenant-General John B. Gordon. how his supports failed to