File:Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14576428029).jpg

English: General Fremont's division crossing the Pontoon Bridge over the Shenandoah river in pursuit of the Confederate General Jackson and his army.

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Title: Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ...
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880
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Publisher: New York : Mrs. F. Leslie
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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EWALL JACKSONS CONFEDERATE ARMY, STEONGLY POSTED IN THE WOODS, NEAR HARRISONBURG, FRIDAY, JUNE 6th, 1862. i! SoTXL?Ct\TA^ TThe sPot where this dead)y conflict took Pl^e was about a mile and a half beyond a riSftJ^X £ tV^A™ PercJ Wyndham of the First New Jersey Cavalry, having been sent by General Bayard to reconnoitre, was led into an ^T S hZ«1 a °i What had 9°™™? ™s rapidly transmitted to headquarters, and General Bayard was ordered out with fresh cavalry and a battalion Lri Sl» general engagement at this hour, and the troops were ordered back. But do not leave poor Wyndham on the field, and all the wounded,1 of vffi -r • Wfl Aep thr0Ufh *he.\°?dB °n our.1f^ see what is in there, and out again when the time is up. In go the 150 at an opening the trScherous forest enemys straight and unyielding as the blade of a matador. Oh for re-enforcements! But none came. The brave
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GENERAL FREMONTS DIVISION CROSSING THE PONTOON BRIDGE OVER THE SHENANDOAH THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL JACKSON. AND HIS ARMY. RIVER IN PURSUIT OF
Fremont crosses Pontoon Bridge over Shenandoah in pursuit of Stonewall Jackson
CIVIL WAR: PONTOON BRIDGE. Union Army troops under General John Charles Fremont on a pontoon bridge crossing the north fork of the Shenandoah at Mount Jackson, Virginia. Engraved from a pencil drawing by Edwin Forbes, 5 June 1862. See the reference Note About Images

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