Identifier: centuryillustratv32newy (find matches)
Title: The century illustrated monthly magazine
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: American literature
Publisher: New York : 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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life that I would save the city.Both the President and Halleck again assertedthat it was impossible to save the city, and Irepeated my firm conviction that I could andwould save it. They then left, the Presidentverbally placing me in entire command of thecity and of the troops falling back upon itfrom the front. I at once sent for my staff-officers and dis-patched them on various duties; some to thefront with orders for the disposition of suchcorps as they met, others to see to the promptforwarding of ammunition and supplies tomeet the retreating troops. In a very shorttime I had made all the requisite preparationsand was about to start to the front in personto assume command as far out as possible,when a message came to me from GeneralHalleck informing me that it was the Presi-dents order that I should not assume com-mand until the troops had reached the imme-diate vicinity of the fortifications. I therefore waited until the afternoon, whenI rode out to Uptons Hill, the most advanced
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