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Title: The life and campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, from his boyhood to the surrender of Lee
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Headley, P. C. (Phineas Camp), 1819-1903
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Publisher: New York, The Derby and Miller publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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A month later was fought the battle of Chancellorsville,The corps failed to do the part expected from it, becauseof the inharmonious elements in subordinate commands,and so far as General Howards responsibility was con-cerned, it arose from his brief acquaintance with them,and the necessity of leading the forces into the contestbefore he could possibly reorganize them under his ownauthority. Both he and his troops felt the dishonor, anddetermined to retrieve it when the occasion came. But thereproach was forgotten in the glory they won on the battle-days of Gettysburg. One noble heart was not disappoint-ed in this result—Abraham Lincolns confidence had neverfor a moment been shaken. He had said when a change inthe command of the corps was urged, Howard will bringit up to the work, only give him time. After the victo-rious struggle at Gettysburg, the President sent him anautograph letter of warmest thanks and Congress passed avote of similar import. In September after the disastrous
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MAI CtEK 0.0_ HOWARD. GENERAL HOWARD AND SHERMAN. 477 battle of Chickamauga, in command of the EleventhCorps, General Howard, with Slocum commanding theTwelfth, marched toward Chattanooga with GeneralHooker. In all the operations of the army which followed, Gen-eral Howard was conspicuous for able generalship andpure and lofty heroism. Wrote the friend whose words have already beenquoted:— It was here that Generals Sherman and Howard firstmet. Shermans greeting was characteristic of the man—frank, cordial, and blunt; Howards was quiet, modest,and dignified. Temperaments so widely contrasted couldnot but fraternize, so prone are men to be attracted bythose qualities wherein others differ from themselves.From that day they became warm friends, and the confi-dence bestowed by Sherman on his more youthful Lieute-nant increased to the end of the war. Immediately after these successes, Howards corpsaccompanied Sherman to Knoxville, to relieve Burnsidefrom perils similar to those which h

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