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CI nTHAM, OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, ALSO KNOWN AS THE “LACY HOUSE.”

had never been known in our army. Men shed tears and there was greateX( 'iteiuent among the troops. [See p. 104.]

I think the soldiers had an idea that McClellan would take care of them,—^°uld not put them in places where they would be unnecessarily cut up ; anda general has the confidence of his men he is pretty strong. But officersat) h men were determined to serve Burnside loyally.

day or two afterward Burnside called the corps commanders together,a Pped out a course that he intended to pursue; and, among other things, he^ ( < that he intended to double the army corps, and he proposed to call the three

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commands — or doubles — “ grand divisions.”

Under this arrangement

h) COrps ’ ^ ie Second, and Willcox’s, the Ninth, which had been Burnside’s,tie ,lle d ^de Right Grand Division under General Sumner. When Sum-^ ' and I arrived near Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg, November 17th,C°r tiie enemy in small force in readiness to oppose our crossing the^appahannock. Everybody knew that Lee would rush right in; we could seel2l ^ ^ le pontoons had been there, we might have crossed at once. [See p.

0 Yet we lay there nearly a month, while they were fortifying before our^ s 5 besides, the weather was against us. Under date of December 7th, my0| ; . U Y contains this entry: “ Yery cold; plenty of snow. Men suffering; colduoors, ice indoors in my room.”

ba 1 Uttlner ’ s headquarters were at the Lacy House, while the Second Corps lay< °f the brow of the hill behind Falmouth.

Co 11 the ]1 'gbt of the 9th, two nights before the crossing, Sumner called aacil to discuss what we were to do, the corps, division, and brigade com-Av ^ ers being present. The result was a plain, free talk all around, in whicha S Werc not minced, for the conversation soon drifted into a marked dis-e ^etn^ a ^ 011 ^' e manner i n which Burnside contemplated meeting the

j rio ^ IUri er seemed to feel badly that the officers did not agree to Burnside’sWei^ a< ^ vance - That noble old hero was so faithful and loyal that he wanted,against impossibilities, to carry out everything Burnside suggested. I