The Army Of The Potomac Its Organization Its Commander And Its Campaign Translated With Notes By W H Hulbert Copyright Edition PDF Download

Excerpt from The Army of the Potomac: Its Organization, Its Commander, and Its Campaign The article of which the following pages are a translation appeared in the number of the Revue iles Deux Mondes for October 15th, 1862. It is there entitled "Carapagne de l'Armee du Potomac, Mars-Jnillet, 1862," and bears the signature of "A. Trog-iion." It is well understood in Paris that this signature is the nom de plume of one of the princes of .the House of Orleans, and from the internal evidence afforded by the paper itself I have been led to believe that it was probably written by the Prince de JoiuriUe, who accompanied his nephews, the Comte de Paris and the Due de Chartres, throughout the period of their service in the Array of the Union, and that it was composed upon the data furnished by the journals of one or both of those princes, collated with his own observations and recollections. I have accordingly accepted the well-authenticated rumor which ascribes its authorship to him. I have also taken the liberty of affixing to the translation a title which more fully describes the scope aud nature of the paper. As the reader will perceive, it is a critical and historical sketch of the rise, progress, character and fortunes of the army which was assembled at Washington for the invasion of Virginia, from the time of its first organization in 1861, down to the end of the campaign before Richmond in 1862. It is written with the freedom and force of an accomplished military man, anxious to do justice to the merits and to point out the defects of an army which he has studied in the camp and in the field: master of his subject; temperate in tone, and in stylo equally free from the carelessness of the amateur, and the pedantry of the professional soldier. Recent events have given a peculiar importance to the facts here presented, and it will not be easy for any candid person to read these pages without feeling that the causes of the military misfortunes which will make the year 1802 so painfully remarkable in our history demand the fullest aud most searching investigation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.