. The pictorial history of the great Civil War: its causes, origin, conduct and results; embracing full and authentic accounts of its battles by land and sea, with graphic descriptions of heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals; narratives of personal adventure; thrilling incidents; daring exploits; wonderful escapes; life in camp, field, and hospital; adventures at sea; blockade life, etc., etc.; containing carefully prepared biographies of the leading generals and naval commanders of both the North and the South / by John Laird Wilson . bridge which, at that point, had beenthrown acr
. The pictorial history of the great Civil War: its causes, origin, conduct and results; embracing full and authentic accounts of its battles by land and sea, with graphic descriptions of heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals; narratives of personal adventure; thrilling incidents; daring exploits; wonderful escapes; life in camp, field, and hospital; adventures at sea; blockade life, etc., etc.; containing carefully prepared biographies of the leading generals and naval commanders of both the North and the South / by John Laird Wilson . bridge which, at that point, had beenthrown across the Potomac. WhenLees army reached Williamsport, theriver was still greatly swollen, and thepontoon bridge had been the 12th, when Meade came upwith his whole army, Lee had taken astrong position on the Potomac, ex-tending from Williamsport to FallingWaters, and had thrown up entrench-ments along his whole line. Meadehad once more an opportunity of strik-ing the enemy in what seemed advan-tageous circumstances. But the reasonswhich prevailed and pievented an at-tack after the battle of the 3d, pre-vailed again, and prevented an attackon the 12th. On the 13th, Leesengineers had succeeded in throwingover another pontoon bridge; and thewaters had fallen so much that, at acertain point, they were fordaljle. Bythe aid of the bridge and the ford, theConfederate army was safely pushedacross to the southern side of the Po-tomac. Meade crossed the river im-mediately afterwards; but Lee, stillrefusing battle, fell back to the banks.
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