. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . f Virginia, to seize on tho Arsenal,Lieutenant Jones instantly sot fire to trains of gun-powder that had been previously laid, and. threeminutes , both of tlio Arsenal buildings,containing the arms, together with tho carpenters shop, which was at tho upper end of a largo andconnected series of workshops i&g
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . f Virginia, to seize on tho Arsenal,Lieutenant Jones instantly sot fire to trains of gun-powder that had been previously laid, and. threeminutes , both of tlio Arsenal buildings,containing the arms, together with tho carpenters shop, which was at tho upper end of a largo andconnected series of workshops i>f tho armory proper,were in a blaze. Every window in tho building 1 ,ul been thrownopen, so as to increase tho fury of lao this work was accomplished. Lieutenant Jonesand his littlo garrison crossed tho Potomac, over thecovered bridge, followed by an excited crowd oicitizens, who threatened him with tho direst ven-geance. He wheeled bis men at tho bridge andthreatened to fire upon tho pursuors, when theyfell back. Ho then fled up the oanal, crossed tliohills, and, wading streams and swamps, readiedHagerstowii at about seven oclock in the morn-ing. There ho r .-ocured vehielos to convey hitcommand to Chamborsburg, Pa, and Mionco he I .tyjir-fTf- irt-Mflp.
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