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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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COPYRIGHT- 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO, NEW LEADERS AXD NEW PLANS General Joseph Hooker and his Staff. The.se were the men who.se work it was, during the winter afterFredericksburg, to restore the esprit du cnrpx of the .\rmy of tlie Potomac. The tireless energy and magneticpersonality of Hooker soon won officers from their disaffection and put an end to desertion.s—which had beengoing on at the rate of two hundred per day bef(jre he took conmiand. By spring everything seemed pro-pitious for an aggressive campaign, the i)lans for which were brilliantly drawn and at first vigorou.sly carriedout, giving truth to Lincolns exjjres.sed belief that Hooker was a trained and skilful soldier. In that re-markable letter of admonition to Hooker upon assuming command, Lincoln added: But lieware of rashness,beware of rashness; with energy and with sleepless vigilance go forward and give us \ictories. By somestrange fate it was not rashness but quite the contrary which compassed the failure of Fighting

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