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Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 19: (search)
s, the strength of which he had underrated, and then having failed to make proper combinations in the attack. This event may be said to have closed for some time the campaign in the West. It had not completed all the expectations of the Southern public. It is true that the country between Nashville and Chattanooga was re-occupied by the Confederate forces; but the decisive event of the campaign was the retreat from Kentucky, and as public expectation in the South had been disappointed when Lee retired across the Potomac, so did it experience a similar feeling when it was known that Bragg had retreated through the Cumberland Mountains. These were the two turning-points of the autumn campaigns of 1862. Whatever the territorial results of these campaigns, their moral effect was great, and the position of the Confederates was now very different from what it had been in the early part of the year. The glory of their arms now attracted the attention of the world. They had carried t
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 20: (search)
derate position. Burnside's hope to surprise Gen. Lee. how disappointed. the Confederate line of the battle. death of Gens. Gregg and Cobb. Gen. Lee's sentiment with respect to the objects of thin Virginia.-battle of Fredericksburg. After Lee's retreat into Virginia, McClellan appeared to take the interiour line between Washington and Lee's forces, and make an early battle. McClellan ign. On the 15th November, it was known by Gen. Lee that the enemy was in motion towards the Oranreach. The city authorities were informed by Gen. Lee that while his forces would not use the placee's hope, by rapidly crossing the river to take Lee at a serious disadvantage. He had discovered tin this prospect he was disappointed. He found Lee in compact lines prepared to receive him; and a river. Various excuses have been made for Gen. Lee's omission to assume the offensive, and realiand chivalrous sentiment. The country, wrote Gen. Lee, consents to the sacrifice of such men as the[8 more...]