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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
however, could yet be recovered: the enemy had not appeared, and in preparing his instructions Hooker was evidently preoccupied with the idea of taking the position in which he thought he might confidently wait for the enemy between Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, outside of the forest and near Banks' Ford. He described this position in his instructions to his lieutenants, locating the centre at Tabernacle Church, the left between Mott's Run and Colin's Run, on the heights known as Smith's Hill, and the right near the unfinished railroad which skirts the Plank Road at the south. He directed them at the same time to occupy the place at two o'clock in the afternoon; and he felt so sure of catching his adversary unprepared that he gave them no instructions against the contingency of their meeting the enemy before they had taken possession, although he was perfectly aware that Anderson had halted on this side of Tabernacle Church. The Confederates, on the contrary, as we have s