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hero with a single corps which did not number 15,000 battled with him for 12 hours nearly incessantly, retiring in good order five miles to Banks Ford retreated across the river in the face of a veteran army, victorious, valiant, overwhelming in numbers, and commanded by one of the ablest generals the world has ever produced, bringing off all his artilery, ambulances, nearly off of his wounded and 1200 prisoners. Honor, forever, be to the 6th Corp. and Gen. Sedgewick. | hero with a single corps which did not number 15,000 battled with him for 12 hours nearly incessantly, retiring in good order five miles to Banks Ford retreated across the river in the face of a veteran army, victorious, valiant, overwhelming in numbers, and commanded by one of the ablest generals the world has ever produced, bringing off all his artilery, ambulances, nearly off of his wounded and 1200 prisoners. Honor, forever, be to the 6th Corp. and Gen. Sedgewick. And yet this man refused the command of our armies when it was offered him, and when by seniority he was entitled to it. Hooker stock was on the decline, sellers gladly disposed of it at 50 ct. on the dollar and buyers gambled at that price. | ||
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78 hero with a single corps which did not number 15,000 battled with him for 12 hours nearly incessantly, retiring in good order five miles to Banks Ford retreated across the river in the face of a veteran army, victorious, valiant, overwhelming in numbers, and commanded by one of the ablest generals the world has ever produced, bringing off all his artilery, ambulances, nearly off of his wounded and 1200 prisoners. Honor, forever, be to the 6th Corp. and Gen. Sedgewick. And yet this man refused the command of our armies when it was offered him, and when by seniority he was entitled to it. Hooker stock was on the decline, sellers gladly disposed of it at 50 ct. on the dollar and buyers gambled at that price.