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Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ng to SudleysFord, three miles above the Stone Bridge, and would reach thefield from that direction. Quickly then he turned about withsix companies of brave South Carolinians and a battalion of Louisiana Tigers and posted them on a plateau overlook-ing the valley of Youngs Branch, a small tributary of BullBun. Here, not far from the Matthews and Carter houses,he awaited the coming of the Federals. His force was stationed overlooking the Sudley and New-market road and an open field through which the Federaltroops would be forced to pass to reach the higher groundheld by the Confederates. Two 6-pound howitzers Mereplaced to sweep the field of approach, one at each end ofEvans line of defense. With guns loaded, and howitzers ready to pour theircharges into an advancing force, the Southerners stood andwatched the line of dust that arose above the trees. It movedslowly to the westward. Then, where the Sudley road turnsto the southward to cross the Sudley Ford, it followed the July1861 Ml m
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E1 )F THE < OXFLKT. Stone Church, Centreville, Virginia.—Past this little stone church on the night of July 20. 1861. and long into the morning of the twenty-first marched lines of hurrying troops. Their blue uniforms were new, their muskets bright and polished, and though some faces werepale their spirits were elated, for after their short training they were going to take part, for the first time, in the great game of war. Itwas the first move of the citizen soldier of the Xorth toward actual conflict. Not one knew exactly what lay before him. The menwere mostly from New England and the Middle States. They had left desk and shop and farm and forge, and with the thought intheir minds that the war would last for three months the majority had been mustered in. Only the very wise and farseeing had prophe-sied the immensity of the struggle, and these were regarded as extremists. Their ideas were laughed at. So on they went in long linesdown the road in the darkness of the night, chat

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