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CHAPTER XX.

THE TWO MAIN THEATRES OF THE WAR.-OPERATIONS IN VIRGINIA.-BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.—PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS OF THE TWO ARMIES.-EXPEDITION OF STUART'S CAVALRY INTO PENNSYLVANIA.—REMOVAL OF M'CLELLAN. THE TRUE REASONS FOR IT.GEN. BURNSIDE'S ON TO RICHMOND."-HIS MOVEMENT TOWARDS FREDERICKSBURG.THE SURRENDER OF THE TOWN DEMANDED.-IT IS ABANDONED BY THE CITIZEN-POPULATION. SORROWFUL SCENES.-BURNSIDE FORCES THE PASSAGE OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK.THE CONFEDERATE POSITION.-BURNSIDE'S HOPE TO SURPRISE GEN. LEE.-HOW DISAPPOINTED. THE CONFEDERATE LINE OF BATTLE. THE ATTACK ON THE CONFEDERATE RIGHT.-YOUNG PELHAM'S GALLANTRY.-THE CONFEDERATE RIGHT BROKEN.—THE BATTLE RESTORED. INTEREST OF THE FIELD ON THE LEFT.—THE ATTACK ON MARYE'S AND WILLIS' HILLS.-GALLANTRY OF THE FEDERALS.—THEY MAKE SIX ATTACKS.—A TERRIBLE SCENE OF CARNAGE.-BURNSIDE'S ARMY DRIVEN INTO FREDERICKSBURG.-HIS APPALLING EXTREMITY.-EXPECTATIONS IN RICHMOND OF THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS ARMY.-HE ESCAPES ACROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK.-GEN. LEE'S OWN EXPLANATION OF HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW UP HIS VICTORY.-COMPARATIVE LOSSES IN THE BATTLE.-DEATH OF GENS. GREGG AND COBB.-GEN. LEE'S SENTIMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE OBJECTS OF THE WAR. -OPERATIONS IN TENNESSEE.-BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO'.-THE SITUATION IN THE WEST. THE LINES IN TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI.-ROSECRANS' ADVANCE FROM NASHVILLE. CONFLICTING STATEMENTS OF HIS FORCE.-POSITION OF GEN. BRAGG'S ARMY AROUND MURFREESBORO'.—BRAGG ANTICIPATES THE FEDERAL ATTACK.-HARDEE COMMENCES THE BATTLE.-HE DRIVES THE ENTIRE RIGHT WING OF THE FEDERALS.-DESPERATE SITUATION OF ROSECRANS.-HIS SANG-FROID.-HE DEVELOPES A NEW LINE OF BATTLE. THE CONFEDERATES RENEW THE ATTACK.-HOW BRAGG LOST AN OPPORTUNITY.SPLENDID CHARGE OF THE CONFEDERATES. THE DAY UNDECIDED, BUT THE ADVANTAGE WITH THE CONFEDERATES.-BRAGG's HAPPY NEW YEAR."-BRECKINRIDGE ATTEMPTS TO DISLODGE THE ENEMY.- -“THE BLOODY crossing oF STONE RIVER."-REPULSE OF BRECKINRIDGE. WHY BRAGG DETERMINED TO RETREAT.-THE RESULTS OF THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO' IN FAVOUR OF THE CONFEDERATES.-A PECULIARITY OF GEN. BRAGG.-HIS ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE PRIVATE SOLDIER OF THE CONFEDERACY.-OPERATIONS IN THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.-THE CAMPAIGN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FEEBLE AND IRREGULAR.GEN. HINDMAN'S COMMAND.-HIS EXTRAVAGANT ADDRESS TO HIS SOLDIERS.—BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE.-HINDMAN'S FIRST SUCCESS AND UNFORTUNATE DELAY.-HIS BLUNDERS AND EXTRAORDINARY RETREAT.-CONDITION OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI COUNTRY.-HINDMAN'S "GOVERNMENT AD INTERIM."-HIS DESPOTIO ORDERS.-AN EXTRAORDINARY LIST OF OUTRAGES.-VIRTUE AND FIDELITY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

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