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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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Run. Against these, in the last daysof November, Meade sent French, Sedgwick, and Warren.It was found impossible to carry the Confederate position,and on December 1st the Federal troops were ordered to re-cross the Rapidan. In this short campaign the Union lostsixteen hundred men and the Confederacy half that number.With the exception of an unsuccessful cavalry raid againstRichmond, in February, nothing disturbed the existence of thetwo armies until the coming of Grant. In the early months of 1864, the Army of the Potomaclay between the Rapidan and the Rappahannock, most of itin the vicinity of Culpeper Court House, although some ofthe troops were guarding the railroad to Washington as faras Bristoe Station, close to Manassas Junction. On the southside of the Rapidan, the Army of Northern Virginia was, ashas been seen, securely entrenched. The Confederates rankswere thin and their supplies were scarce; but the valiant spiritwhich had characterized the Southern hosts in former battles
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THE COMING OF THE STRANGER GRANT Hither, to Meades headquarters at Brandy Station, came Grant on March 10, 1864. The day before, inWashington, President Lincoln handed him his commission, appointing him Lieutenant-General in commandof all the Federal forces. His visit to Washington convinced him of the wisdom of remaining in the East todirect affairs, and his first interview with Meade decided him to retain that efficient general in command ofthe Army of the Potomac. The two men had known each other but slightly from casual meetings during theMexican War. I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac, said Grant, but Meades modestyand willingness to serve in any capacity impressed me even more than had his victory at Gettysburg. Theonly prominent officers Grant brought on from the West were Sheridan and Rawlins.

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