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Identifier: historyofamerica03drap (find matches)
Title: History of the American Civil War
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Draper, John William, 1811-1882
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery Slaves
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
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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unction with Johnston occur, an expensive cam-paign, consuming most of the summer, might be the result.Grant therefore determined not to delay his proposed at-tack. Instructions were given to Sheridan, who had been ab-stractions to sent eight months when he rejoined Grant, toreach the right and rear of the enemy, andattack him if he should come out of his intrenched posi-tion ; if he did not, to push for the Danville Koacl, and de-stroy it; then to pass on to the Southside Koad, west ofBurkesville, and destroy that. Though Sheridans horses had suffered greatly in his re-cent operations, he had now been re-enforced, so that hisstrength was 9000 men. The Confederate cavalry underFitzhugh Lee was scarcely one third of that number.On the morning of Wednesday, the 29th of March, theThe anal move- movement began. Grant and his staff leftCity Point for the front, 18 miles distant.Lincoln accompanied them to the train. As they steppedon board, he stood grasping the iron rod at the rear of the
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568 GKANT MODIFIES HIS PLAN. (Sect. XXL car, and saying, I wish I could go with you. The cav-alry moved down the Jerusalem Plank Koad in two col-umns, of which Crook commanded the right, and Merrittthe left; at night they had reached Dinwiddie Court-house.Warren marched by the Quaker Road, with Griffin in ad-vance. Humphreys crossed Hatchers Run, moving throughthe woods on Warrens right. The left of the infantry lineextended to the Quaker Road, near its intersection with theBoydton Plank Road. The position of the troops, from leftto right, was : Sheridan,Warren, Humphreys, Ord,Wright,Parke. The national line extended, without a break, fromthe Appomattox to Dinwiddie Court-house. The plan was originally for the two infantry corps toGrant modifies appear on the Confederate right flank, whilehis plan. Sheridan made a wide detour through Din- widdie to reach and break up the railroad; but, duringthe day, so satisfactory did things appear, that Grant wasinduced to change his mind. When he

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