Image: History of the American Civil War (1867) (14782557933)

Description: Identifier: historyofamerica03drap (find matches) Title: History of the American Civil War Year: 1867 (1860s) Authors: Draper, John William, 1811-1882 Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery Slaves Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros. Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ses of Earlys sortie by any detailed statement re-washmgton. Specting the fortifications of Washington.Although his advance to them and his subsequent retreatsuggested a description of those works, I preferred post-poning it to this opportunity. The problem of surrounding Washington with fortifica-tions came up at the outbreak of the war. Such officersof the Corps of Engineers as could be most readily with-drawn from other duties were summoned to that city andplaced under the orders of General J. G. Barnard, chief en-gineer on the staff of General Mansfield, and subsequentlyof Generals McDowell and McClellan. Commencing with the few works thrown up when thenational troops crossed the Potomac and seized Alex-andria and the Heights of Arlington, the system of de-fenses now to be described was constructed mainly underthe direction of the engineer officer named. Associatedwith him during a portion of the time, and taking an im-portant part in the work, were Generals Woodbury andAlexander. Text Appearing After Image: THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: History of the American Civil War (1867) (14782557933)
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