. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Cupyriyht by Fatnot Pub. Co. THE KEY TO WASHINGTON From Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lay the Alleghany Mountains, an almost impassable barrier to the move-ment of armies. Here we see them sloping toward the gap at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac. The approach to this was made easyfrom the South by the Shenandoah Valley, the facile and favorite avenue of advance by the Confederates when threatening in-vasion of the enemys territory. The scene is of
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Cupyriyht by Fatnot Pub. Co. THE KEY TO WASHINGTON From Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lay the Alleghany Mountains, an almost impassable barrier to the move-ment of armies. Here we see them sloping toward the gap at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac. The approach to this was made easyfrom the South by the Shenandoah Valley, the facile and favorite avenue of advance by the Confederates when threatening in-vasion of the enemys territory. The scene is of the dismantled bridge across Armstrong Run. Driving General Banks forces upthe Valley and forcing him across the Potomac, Jackson saved Richmond from McClellan in 1862. Up the Valley came Lee the follow-ing year, striking terror to the North by the invasion that was only checked at Gettysburg. This eastern gap, provided by naturein the Alleghanies, became a veritable gateway of terror to the Federals, for through it lay open the path for sudden approach uponWashington on the part of the Confederates.
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