From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: The Story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry Together with Personal Reminiscences |
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A. P. Hill action Adjutant advance Alexandria ammunition Antietam April arms army arrived artillery asked attack Bartlett's brigade battery battle-field bridge Bull Run called Camp Franklin campaign Captain captured carried casualties cavalry Centreville Chancellorsville chaplain Chickahominy church Colonel Davies Colonel Howland command Confederate Crampton's Pass crossed Curtis drill duty encamped enemy enemy's engaged field Fifth Corps fire forces Fort Ellsworth fought Fredericksburg front Gaines's Mill Gilmore guns Halleck Harrison's Landing Hooker hospital House infantry James River Kearny killed Lawrence County letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel losses Major-General marched Maryland campaign Mason McClellan miles military morning mortally wounded musket night officers Ogdensburg picket Pohick Church position Potomac President rear received regiment road Savage's Station Seaver Second sent Sixteenth New York Sixth Corps Slocum Slocum's division soldier soon Stetson Sumner tents tion took troops Twelfth Corps Union army Virginia volunteers Washington West Point
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Page 222 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe that you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm...
Page 253 - I have just received your note informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you on the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
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