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Identifier: menthingsisawinc00rusl (find matches)
Title: Men and things I saw in civil war days
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Rusling, James Fowler, 1834-1918
Subjects: Generals
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Methodist book concern
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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eflushed and eyes blazing—exclaimed: Where is the pa-per? I-et me have it. Ill show General a leave can be granted without his approval, in a case Hke this. And so he took the application, and indorsed theleave upon it, in his own handwriting, with verbal or-ders to report it to the adjutant general (poor SethWilliams). Thanking him for his kindness, we bowedourselves out and rode happily back to our own head-quarters. And this, too, was just like General Hooker. Andit was just such fine acts of chivalry and courtesy, thatendeared him to everybody that came in contact withhim—civilians as well as soldiers. Perhaps I should add, that Lieutenant V left next morning, carried on a stretcher to the railroad atFalmouth, and, after an absence of a month or so, re-covered and returned to duty; but soon had to resign,and subsequently died of this same army disability, or itssequences. And so, O General Hooker—good friend, brave heart,generous soul, great commander—hail and farewell! 66
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Gen. Meade, J 863. George G. Meade CHAPTER VIGeorge G. Meade My next commander, and always highly esteemed,was General Meade. He was a West Pointer also, andby birth a Pennsylvanian. He had served with creditin Mexico, and stood high in the Engineer Corps of theRegular Army. His first command during the CivilWar, I think, was a brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves,from which he was duly promoted to division and corpscommander and rank of major general. He fought wellon the Peninsula, he distinguished himself at Fred-ericksburg and Chancellorsville, and when in June, 1863,Lee was invading Pennsylvania, and it was decided torelieve General Hooker, Mr. Lincoln naturally turnedto Meade, because, in addition to other qualifications,he was also a Pennsylvanian. Evidently **01d Abethought there was going to be hard fighting up there inPennsylvania, and who so likely to defend her well as agallant son of her own soil? General Meade was then tall and slender, gaunt andsad of visage, with iron-gray

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