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LEE 55 that his own presence was necessary. He arrived on the scene early in October, and forced his recalcitrant generals into some sort of union, fortifying himself strongly on a mountain crest parallel with that occupied by Eosecrans, who was taking the offensive. His engineer- ing skill stood him in such stead that the enemy postponed attacking until re- enforcements under Loring brought up the Confederate forces to about fifteen thousand, and made the two armies nearly equal. Under these c...ircumstances the Union general remained quiet ; while Lee, who never liked inaction, deter- mined to try a well-devised flank move- ment. But Eosecrans slipped away by night ; and pursuit, though ordered, was soon abandoned. Winter was now at hand, when operations, difficult enough in summer, would be impossible. There was, then, nothing to do but to acknowl- edge the campaign a failure. The Con- " federate government withdrew its troops, 56 ROBERT E. LEE and sent them elsewhere. Lee, whom the press abused, and even former friends began to regard as overrated, was assigned to command the Depart- ment of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida ; and her western counties were lost to the Old Dominion forever.
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