The Army of the Potomac And Its Mismanagement
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The only impediment has been the swollen state of the river; but, with proper and timely preparation, the Potomac can be bridged almost anywhere above the Great Falls in a few hours, and in several places in a single hour.
* Dec. 4. The Long Bridge has been repaired and strengthened since this was written, but it is still a very inadequate dependence for the use and safety of a great army.
An active enemy, as our own army is commanded, and as the forts are held, could destroy tlie Long Bridge, ...and isolate our troops on the Virginia shore, and cross the Potomac with forty thousand men simultaneousl}' above and below the Capital, and force his way into it in defiance of all the impediments the generalship which was illustrated at Ball's Bluff would know how to pre- sent.
13 I know the character of the river well, for I surveyed it ali in my early youth, and have forded it in many places.
Yet, with this opportunity inviting enterprise, there stands our gallant army, with hundreds of officers and men straining on the bit, and vainly sighing for honorable and loyal service, but obliged to wait on the convenience of a Commander whose time is so engrossed by other duties that he has no leisui-e to think about cutting oif the enemy's wide-spread wings, or inter- rupting his unprotected communications.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The only impediment has been the swollen state of the river; but, with proper and timely preparation, the Potomac can be bridged almost anywhere above the Great Falls in a few hours, and in several places in a single hour.
* Dec. 4. The Long Bridge has been repaired and strengthened since this was written, but it is still a very inadequate dependence for the use and safety of a great army.
An active enemy, as our own army is commanded, and as the forts are held, could destroy tlie Long Bridge, ...and isolate our troops on the Virginia shore, and cross the Potomac with forty thousand men simultaneousl}' above and below the Capital, and force his way into it in defiance of all the impediments the generalship which was illustrated at Ball's Bluff would know how to pre- sent.
13 I know the character of the river well, for I surveyed it ali in my early youth, and have forded it in many places.
Yet, with this opportunity inviting enterprise, there stands our gallant army, with hundreds of officers and men straining on the bit, and vainly sighing for honorable and loyal service, but obliged to wait on the convenience of a Commander whose time is so engrossed by other duties that he has no leisui-e to think about cutting oif the enemy's wide-spread wings, or inter- rupting his unprotected communications.
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