The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
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^^^ hoth wings drawu back on the main body, so that, as now re-formed and con- tracted, Lee's army stretched from Oak Hill to Lee's New the peach orchard. Behind this line, Position. ^^^ under cover of its woods, he was now getting ready to retreat.
Such plain indications could hardly be over- looked.^ A reconnoisance from the Union left found the Confederates retiring. During the night the Union troops went forward to the battlefield of the 2d.
THE RETREAT 15 ^ Lee's lost opportunity on the is...t was as nothing to Meade's on the 3d. It came when the Confederates were in the confusion resulting from their repulse. It was lost, however, be- cause the great captain was not there.
Lost ° Chances. Meade was unequal to exactmg a supreme effort at this moment, either from his army or himself. To let slip this opportunity was to tempt fortune itself, and it never came again.
But if from any of the many causes alleged,^ or all of them put together, the one chance out of a thousand, for which all this marching and fighting had been going on, had eluded Meade's grasp, or if it be conceded that he found Lee's new position so strong as to hold out no hope of a successful assault, history will still demand to know why this beaten army, short of ammuni- tion, encumbered with its wounded, its prisoners, and its wagons, thirty to forty miles from the Potomac, with a mountain defile to pass and a wide river to cross, was suffered to strange "" ^^ 11 • • Inaction.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
^^^ hoth wings drawu back on the main body, so that, as now re-formed and con- tracted, Lee's army stretched from Oak Hill to Lee's New the peach orchard. Behind this line, Position. ^^^ under cover of its woods, he was now getting ready to retreat.
Such plain indications could hardly be over- looked.^ A reconnoisance from the Union left found the Confederates retiring. During the night the Union troops went forward to the battlefield of the 2d.
THE RETREAT 15 ^ Lee's lost opportunity on the is...t was as nothing to Meade's on the 3d. It came when the Confederates were in the confusion resulting from their repulse. It was lost, however, be- cause the great captain was not there.
Lost ° Chances. Meade was unequal to exactmg a supreme effort at this moment, either from his army or himself. To let slip this opportunity was to tempt fortune itself, and it never came again.
But if from any of the many causes alleged,^ or all of them put together, the one chance out of a thousand, for which all this marching and fighting had been going on, had eluded Meade's grasp, or if it be conceded that he found Lee's new position so strong as to hold out no hope of a successful assault, history will still demand to know why this beaten army, short of ammuni- tion, encumbered with its wounded, its prisoners, and its wagons, thirty to forty miles from the Potomac, with a mountain defile to pass and a wide river to cross, was suffered to strange "" ^^ 11 • • Inaction.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Drake Samuel Adams to read onlineMoreLess
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