. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . m. HEVIEWS CO. ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT The Streets of Culpeper, Virginia, in March, 1864. After Grants arrival, the Army of the Potomac awoke tothe activity of the spring campaign. One of the first essentials was to get the vast transport trains in readi-ness to cross the Rapidan. Wagons were massed by thousands at Culpeper, near where Meades troops hadspent the winter. The work of the teamsters was most arduous; wearied by long night marches—nodding,reins in hand, for hick of sice])—they might at any moment be suddenly attacked in
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . m. HEVIEWS CO. ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT The Streets of Culpeper, Virginia, in March, 1864. After Grants arrival, the Army of the Potomac awoke tothe activity of the spring campaign. One of the first essentials was to get the vast transport trains in readi-ness to cross the Rapidan. Wagons were massed by thousands at Culpeper, near where Meades troops hadspent the winter. The work of the teamsters was most arduous; wearied by long night marches—nodding,reins in hand, for hick of sice])—they might at any moment be suddenly attacked in a bold attempt to captureor destroy their precious freight. When the arrangements were completed, each wagon bore the corps badge,division color, and nimiber of the brigade it was to serve. Its contents were also designated, together withthe branch of tlie service for which it was intended. While loaded, the wagons must keep pace with the armymovements whenever possible in order to be parked at night near the brigades to which they belonged.
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