The evening world., 1912-10-16
M| S h e n a n d o a h M
a CiVH War Romance of She,fdan's Rids
By Henry TyrIell

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have ATTEMPTED arsinst n foe for vhose
military prowess they had had any real
respsct
The rod bsttIe-f1ar Of the ConfedePatss
foAtcd whore the Federal standard bus
lately had been secn; and before the
forest leaves we're touched b. the angsr :
Of autumn new ields lay open 10 The
Southern army. Scarcely had The smoke
OF battle lifted . second time from tie
plains Of Manassas when the viotorteus
columns OF Lee aud jackson. OF Long.
street and stuart were headed toward I,
tho Potomac for the long-awaitsd IN
vsslon OF Maryland.
Ahueiams day Of carnage passed late !
history - = drawn baths. because on
the day following neither AIDE ssis slronS
enough to rsnow the struggle. u really ,
amounted 10 q disaster TO the confsd-
crate army havlnx abruptly cposksd |.
wha, md Iookad uks n v,ctor,oua ,ava.
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'oa o"snssVs ops5e9ooA
An1es Gays after Inc "atnofA"ss %
the southern army from 0AryiAno
President L.ncoln ISSUED his Svs.aaAA-
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I" e1osains the rsosaioo' 40 'Aas2HssAc
result was to prs@p'lats hssssd eoosseA
aiscussion At tue North
Gen. McCisllap's susgsstiou 10 ~
army that the remedy Ioe past erroru,
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ing o's@en oe.wesn MI" Aho Tue VAN
'nston administration- The nnai est
come wac that early In Novsmoss Ne.
CIeiian was relieved from the command
OF the Army OF the toton,so. 10 BE-
succ..aed nv M.,o,..,.n- Ano.o.> n
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s'A' '"'u =" "eo s"o sopo'" ~
.no o'ohao orsAn1seu oy "S's>As"
haf"S more ina" year pevo"s'
me maven OF the SontsoetAes eSnysi
~ 'hat autuhhnai season OF isxs
the Na'ey OF tho SnsnanooSa 10
'aeNsoh men, especially the TSSson
was one or memories ana enchAntmeut.
Tho oracinx mountain Dresses. ths Dese
bright skss, the home Associations ed
the liberty 10 engage In every spscies Of
AToh . ASA oobs W - SosH
meeting religious revival put neW NE
into the brigade. .
The respite OF Jackson's co.ps II the
valley ended even sooner than the bal.
cyon days OF Indian summer. Gen.
Burnside. the new Federal commAn0eSs
suddenly conceived the Idea OF con.
centrating his army on the Rappahan-
mock River opposite the historic vir-,
ginia town OF Fredericksburg. This
place, the scene OF George Washington's
boyhood and where marble mouumsnts
ON the hillside mark tho last resting
places Of Mary and Martha Washington.
the mother and wife res pee lively Of the
Father Of His Country, had acquired =
strategic Importance. being but stxty
miles due north OF Richmond ana in
easy proximity to tho Potomac, wheuca
the Federal commander by a dfty-nila.
water Journey could quickly rssch his
base at the national capital
Lee ordered jackson and Longs tress
70 Fredericksburg and intrenched hia.
army on the heights back OF the town.
on tho Same (right) bank of the river.
knowing that tho enemy, changing his
line OF comnunica ton with his base Of
supplies. would require time before -.
Stunning the offensive. The plans Of
Burnside were indeed unfathomablO;
but the calculations OF the Confedsross
chieftain were FULFILLED to y nicely. ,
on the morning Of Dec. Is. havipgl
brought his army across tho Kappa
hammock on pontoons directly IN II 9
misdirected valor upon an impregnable
position. strong by nature and made
doubly so by impeccable military Ayt
dense fog overhung the river. town
and plain until after o'clock. when
the sunlight burst through. revealing