. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . inno fear of the Yankees ; while otherswho remained had white flags flying infront of their houses as peace-ofFerings,which, says the writer from whom wequote, as far as-I could learn, werereligiously respected by our soldiei-s. From New Kent Court House McClel-lan moved his army to Cumber- mayland. The march was, reports a l^*campaigner, one of great toil andprivation. Now up on the brow of ahiU, then through a narrow causeway,where
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . inno fear of the Yankees ; while otherswho remained had white flags flying infront of their houses as peace-ofFerings,which, says the writer from whom wequote, as far as-I could learn, werereligiously respected by our soldiei-s. From New Kent Court House McClel-lan moved his army to Cumber- mayland. The march was, reports a l^*campaigner, one of great toil andprivation. Now up on the brow of ahiU, then through a narrow causeway,where four men could scarcely walkabreast; afterward through a miserableswamp or bottom, where the wheels ofthe artillery sank up to the hub. Onreaching Cumberland, however, near tothe banks of the Pamunky River, acheering prosj)ect greeted the eyes ofthe weary soldier. While the troopswere trudging along under their packsof baggage, beneath a scorching sun, andamid clouds of dust, which at timesthreatened to put an end to the marcliby destroying our powers of respira- RICHMOiro AND ITS DEFENCES, CONSTRUCTED ATO) ENGKA\BD TO ILLUSTRATE THET^ffiR^WITH THE SCJUTH. :! -/^IfllC kff thA dt.*Lf pognaphical ilap of Rii:hTijoiid ajid its aiiowiiig all Batteries m ezisterijcc;.J7i/s .A r/if mest rrlMhif 2f/ip vi/im/y Kni^ Vr. T Jremli: o
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