Excerpt from Campaigns of 1862 and 1863: Illustrating the Principles of Strategy
Few years of military annals are so fertile in events as that which has just expired. Full of varied chances, the year 1862 ought to teach us a great lesson. It ought to remind us that "The great principles of war cannot be violated with impunity." It may be interesting as well as useful to investigate the causes, both of the great disasters which have befallen our armies, and of the successes which they have achieved.
By passing in review the different operations, and by discussing them from a strictly military stand-point, we may so perceive the errors of the past campaign as to be able to avoid similar ones in the campaigns to come. These reasons have induced me to write a military review of the campaign of 1862, and even to discuss operations which will probably take place in 1863.
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