Image: The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739822256)

Description: Identifier: photographichist04mill (find matches) 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 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: THE PRIZE THAT IMPERILLED STUART ON HISFEDERAL LINES DARING RAID INTO THE In tills .striking photograph of 1863 appears the prize at which (iciicral J. K. H. Sliiart uazcillong and ardenllj (hniii^ liis reeonnaissanee to Warreiiton Sliilion un llie lOth of October,1863, after Lees Uristoe campaign. His half-starved cavah-yiiicn urgently needed just sucha wagon-train as that. But, as they peered from their ambush, the liopeful expressionsfaded away. Beyond the i)ark of wagons Stuarts )iraetieed eye had discerned a movingcloud <if ilust. That night he was confined to a liltic ridge, with llic Tnion colunms movinglollie right and left of his isolated force. By dawn the rear of tlic i)assing cohumis werecooking their breakfasts at the foot of the ridge. By llie bold (h\ ice of firing into tliem and Text Appearing After Image: PART OF THE VAST PARK OF WAGONS ON ^\TIICH THE CONFEDERATES GAZED FROM AMBUSH, OCTOBER 10, 1863 repelling their first attack, Stuart disconcerted the pursuit and made good his escape. Thisview of the wagons in park, or gathered in one large body in an open field, represents atrain of the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, near Brandy Station, during the autumndays of 1863, after the Gettysburg camjiaign. The wagons in the foreground are am-bulances, while immediately in their rear stand the large army wagons used for subsistence andrjuartermasters stores. The horses are harnessed to the \ chicles preparatory to the forwardmovement. It took this train across the Rappahannock River toward Culpeper and the Rapidan,where history indicates that they formed pari of those upon which Stuart gazed so covetousl). aitalrit nf thr Army nf Nnrtltmi liHrijiuta V ///■■A: 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: The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739822256)
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14739822256/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/photographichist04mill/photographichist04mill#page/n106/mode/1up
Author: Internet Archive Book Images
Permission: At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Usage Terms: No known copyright restrictions
License: No restrictions
License Link: https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
Attribution Required?: No