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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6,
by Various
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Title: The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Author: Various
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THE
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY:
DEVOTED TO
LITERATURE AND NATIONAL POLICY.
VOL. VI.--DECEMBER, 1864--NO. VI.
AN ARMY: ITS ORGANIZATION AND MOVEMENTS
FIFTH PAPER.
Before the enlightenment derived from the sad experiences of our present civil contest, upon the incidents of protracted warfare, probably most persons conceived of war as a scene of constant activity--a series of marches, battles, and sieges, with but few intervals of repose. History records only the active portions of war, taking but little account of the long periods consumed in the preliminary processes of organization and discipline, in the occ