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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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cksburg, and mak-ing a vigorous demonstration. Meantime Hooker himselfwas to move rapidly and secretly to his own right, and,crossing the Rappahannock and the Rapidan above theirconfluence, to drive off the Confederate guards from thefords, and, facing his army eastward by pivoting it on itsleft, was to march down the roads perpendicularly to theriver, thereby emerging from the Wilderness into the clearcountry, a movement which would bring him into the rearof the Confederate position at Fredericksburg, and threatenLees communications with Richmond. In expectation of success, all the cavalry, except about1000 under Pleasonton, was to be detached to Lees rearto break the railroads, destroy the bridges, and cut off theConfederate army as completely as possible from Rich-mond. Preference was given to this movement by the rightover one by the left from considerations connected withthe greater width of the Rappahannock lower down itsstream, and the consequent greater difficulty of crossing.
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Chap. LXIX.) HIS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. 109 It was also supposed that a movement to the left couldnot be accomplished without being detected. On theother hand, though the fords of the river to the west werecarefully watched by the Confederates, it was consideredpossible to make the crossing high up, and then, by march-ing swiftly to the eastward, to sweep the guards away andbring the army across. From the map it will be seen that three miles above Fred-ericksburg in a straight line, or five following the river, isBankss Ford, and seven or eight miles above that, andnear the confluence of the Rappahannock and Rapidan, isthe United States Ford. At this time the water in theriver was high. On its south end each ford was stronglyguarded. Hookers battle-plan, which was not a simple, but ait consists of three combined operation, presents, therefore, threedistinct pans. parts: 1st, his own turning movement andflank attack on Lee; 2d, Sedgwicks operations near Fred-ericksburg; 3d, Stonemans cavalr

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