Operations of the Left Wing at the Battle of Fredericksburg

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Excerpt from Operations of the Left Wing at the Battle of Fredericksburg: December 13, 1862The story of that disastrous day, note his part and bear ing therein, and the cause and the manner of that most cruel and wanton injustice to learn how it came to be that the true patriot, the trained soldier, devoted to his profession, proud to bear its high obligations, and jeel ous of its honor, who won distinction on every field of action, whose wide knowledge, great skill, clear, sound judgment, and transparent sincerity made him the con stant and trusted counsellor of every superior and the reliable lieutenant of every commander, who shared the brunt at Bull Run, who fought the rear-guard battles from the Chickahominy to the James, and held the pass of White Oak Swamp against half Lee's army on the critical day of Glendale, who won at Crampton's Gap the completest victory gained up to that time by any part of the Army of the Potomac, - to learn how it came to be that this man was accused of that to which his every quality and act gave the absolute lie.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.