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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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shell-plowed field, came the reserves under General Crook.Breasting the Confederate torrent of lead, which cut downnine hundred of the reserves while crossing the open space, theyrushed toward the embattled lines of the South. At the same moment, coming out of the woods in the rearof the Federals, were seen the men of the Nineteenth Corpsunder General Emory, who had for three hours been lying inthe grass awaiting their opportunity. The Confederate bul-lets had been falling thick in their midst with fatal certainty.They Mere eager for action. Rushing into the contest likemadmen, they stopped at nothing. From two sides of thewood the men of Emory and Crook charged simultaneously.The Union line overlapped the Confederate at every point anddoubled around the unprotected flanks. The day for theSoutherners Mas irretrievably lost. They fell back towardWinchester in confusion. As they did so, a great uproar Masheard on the pike road. It M-as the Federal cavalry under I m 0 w WW/W////1, m me.
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ENTRANCE TO WASHINGTON FROM THE SOUTH—THE FAMOUS CHAIN BRIDGE The sentry and vedette guarding the approach to Washington suggest one reason why Early did not make his approach to the capitalfrom the Virginia side of the Potomac. A chain of more than twenty forts protected the roads to Long Bridge (shown below), andthere was no way of marching troops into the city from the south, excepting over such exposed passages. Most of the troops left forthe defense of the city were on the Virginia side. Therefore Early wisely picked out the northern outposts as the more vulnerable.Long Bridge was closely guarded at all times, like Chain Bridge and the other approaches, and at night the planks of its floor wereremoved. KAAAfl()mJ/iJMr^^~__

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