Identifier: historyofamerica03drap (find matches)
Title: History of the American Civil War
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Draper, John William, 1811-1882
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery Slaves
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON.
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THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON. 422 THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON. (Sect. XIX. Of the four works thrown tip prior to the battle of BullRun, Forts Corcoran, Albany, Runy on, andElls- Their condition at jiii ,», i , ,-t j» ,i the time of the bat- worth, three were mere tetes-de-pont,the fourthan isolated strong point by which to overawethe inimical population of Alexandria, and to offer some re-sistance to external attacks. That they should have servedto deter General Johnston from advancing to seize theHeights of Arlington must be attributed rather to exag-gerated notions of their extent, and to the confessed de-moralization of his own forces by the severe treatment hehad received, than to the real capabilities of the worksthemselves. The issue of that battle made it apparentthat the war was not only to be of considerable duration,but one in which the strength and resources of the con-Necessity of increas- tending parties must be tested to the utmost. ing their strength. rj^ necegsity of ft

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