. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . m^-~:w*i;r- OCTOBER, 1862—WHERE THE CONFEDERATE INVASION OF MARYLAND WAS DISCOVERED The signal officer is on outlook duty near the Point of Rocks station, in Maryland. This station wasopened and operated by First-Lieutenant John II. Fralick for purposes of observation. It completelydominated Pleasant Valley. On the twelfth of the month Fraick had detected and reported General J. E. raiding cavalry crossing the Potomac on their way back from Maryland and Pennsylvania. TheConfederate cavalry leader had crossed the Potomac a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . m^-~:w*i;r- OCTOBER, 1862—WHERE THE CONFEDERATE INVASION OF MARYLAND WAS DISCOVERED The signal officer is on outlook duty near the Point of Rocks station, in Maryland. This station wasopened and operated by First-Lieutenant John II. Fralick for purposes of observation. It completelydominated Pleasant Valley. On the twelfth of the month Fraick had detected and reported General J. E. raiding cavalry crossing the Potomac on their way back from Maryland and Pennsylvania. TheConfederate cavalry leader had crossed the Potomac at Williamsport on the 10th of October, ridden com-pletely around the rear of the Army of the Potomac, and eluded the vigorous pursuit of General Pleasontonand his Union cavalry. Within twenty hours he had marched sixty-five miles and kept up his Edwin R. Biles, with the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania, opposed Stuarts crossing atMonocacy Ford, but was unable to detain him. This was one of the combination of events which finallycost M
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