. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT *111. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE ARM THAT DEALT A FINAL BLOW TO THE CONFEDERACY f lif final crushing blow—that the rations destined for his men had been captured by Sheridan. Up and downtiie Ra])i)ahannock the cavalry rode and scouted and fought by day and by night, sometimes saddled forsixty hours, often sleeping by regiments on the slowly moving columns of horses. It was Grierson who re-ported, after his ride from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, that the Confeder
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT *111. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE ARM THAT DEALT A FINAL BLOW TO THE CONFEDERACY f lif final crushing blow—that the rations destined for his men had been captured by Sheridan. Up and downtiie Ra])i)ahannock the cavalry rode and scouted and fought by day and by night, sometimes saddled forsixty hours, often sleeping by regiments on the slowly moving columns of horses. It was Grierson who re-ported, after his ride from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, that the Confederacy was but a hollow shell—all ofits men were on tlie battle-line. It was Stuart who twice circled McClellans army, on the Peninsula andin Maryland, and who caused Lincoln to recall the schoolboy game : Three times round and I{KlAIKI.\(; (•().\FKDICHATK I).\MA(iK The busy Federal engineers are n-lniililin)^ tlie railroail l)riil;j;e across (eilar Rnn, near Catletts Station, destroyed l>y tlie Confederateson the previous day, October 13tli, wlien Ihey fell back l)efore the Army of the Iotontae under General Miaile. The fall of 18fi3 wasa period of small cavalry battles. On S<ptiMiibiT ICth the .\rmy of the Potomac crosseil the Rappahannock and took position nearCulpeper Court House. Duringthenext few weeks the cavalry was actively engaged in rec-onnoiterinn duty. On October lOth ( Buford was sent across the Rappahannock with the First Cavalry Division (consisting of the Fighlli Illinois. Twelfth Illinois,four companiiS Third Indiana, six coni|ianies Eighth New York. Sixth New York. Ninth New York. Seventeenth Pennsylvania, and
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