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Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
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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the Shenan-Report doah Valley. Pleasonton even thought on the £n° cSfduot night of the battle that he had broken up the en- war^Jsk tire expedition, an illusion which Hooker did notVol. i., ,p. 157. snare. General Hooker, having been convinced by theaffair of Brandy Station that the bulk of theenemys cavalry and a strong body of infantrywere at Culpeper, and that the tendency of the restof his infantry was to drift in that direction, con-ceived a bold and startling plan which he at oncecommunicated to the President. It was nothingless than to march directly upon Richmond, brush-ing away the force left at Fredericksburg and leav-ing Lees army on his right flank. He did not goso far as McClellan had done in adopting Leesidea of swapping queens; on the contrary, hethought that after taking Richmond, which heimagined would be a mere matter of capturing theprovost guard, he could send from there all the dis-posable part of his army to any threatened point THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA 207
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CH VIII, POSITIONS JUNE 12, 1863. Hooter toLincoln, north of the Potomac; he thought there would be no difficulty in holding in check any force which i863Unew°k might be thrown against Washington until his xxvil, return. Part I.,pp. 34, 35. There is something in this proposition whichstirs the blood of any soldier who reflects uponthe exciting possibilities which it contains. If ithad been attempted, and had succeeded, a worldof blood and treasure would have been saved,Hooker would have gained one of the greatest 208 ABRAHAM LINCOLN ch. vm. names of modern times, and Lees career wouldhave ended in disaster, not unmingled with ridicule.But the suggestion was too extravagant and haz-ardous to commend itself to the calm judgment ofthe President. He answered without a momentsdelay, If left to me, I would not go south ofRappahannock upon Lees moving north of it. Ifyou had Richmond invested to-day, you would notbe able to take it in twenty days. . . I think Leesarmy, and not Richmond, is y

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