. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPTRICmT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WALK YOUR HORSES ONE OF THE GRIM JOKES OF WAR AS PLAYED AT CHESTERFIELD BRIDGE, NORTH ANNA The sign posted by the local authorities at Taylors bridge, where the Telegraph Road crosses the NorthAnna, was Walk your horses. The wooden structure was referred to by the military as Chesterfieldbridge. Here Hancocks Corps arrived toward evening of May 23d, and the Confederate entrenchments,showing in the foreground, were seized by the o
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPTRICmT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WALK YOUR HORSES ONE OF THE GRIM JOKES OF WAR AS PLAYED AT CHESTERFIELD BRIDGE, NORTH ANNA The sign posted by the local authorities at Taylors bridge, where the Telegraph Road crosses the NorthAnna, was Walk your horses. The wooden structure was referred to by the military as Chesterfieldbridge. Here Hancocks Corps arrived toward evening of May 23d, and the Confederate entrenchments,showing in the foreground, were seized by the old Berry Brigade. In the heat of the charge the Ninety-third New York carried their colors to the middle of the bridge, dri\ing off the Confederates before theycould destroy it. WTien the Federals began crossing next day they had to run the gantlet of musketryand artillery fire from the opposite bank. Several regiments of New York hea^^ artillery poured across thestructure at the double-quick with the hostile shells bursting about their heads. When Captain SleepersEighteenth Massachusetts battery began crossing, the Confe
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