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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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COPVRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF HE^iEWS CJ. THE BLUNDER AT THE BRIDGE Biinisides Bridge, as it was called after Antietam, bears the name of a noted Federal general—not becauseof the brilliant maneuver which he vainly tried to execute in his efforts to cross it, but rather because of thegallant resistance offered here by the Confederates. General Toombs, with two Georgia regiments (the Secondand the Twentieth) stood off a greatly superior force during the 16th and the greater part of the 17th ofSe))teniber. This bridge (on the road from Sharpsburg to Porterstown and Rohersville) was not forced tilllate in the afternoon, when Burnside, after a series of delays and ineffectual attenijits, managed to throwhis troops across Antietam Creek. The battle, however, was then practically decided. Toombs forcessaved the Confederate right wing—to him Lee and Longstreet gave the highest praise. a loss of two thousand, over three hundred left dead on theghastly field. Franklin now sent forward some fr

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