. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. WHERE THE CAVALRY RESTED—CASTLE MURRAY. NEAR AUBURN, VIRGINIA In tlie fall of 1S(>3 the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac were pitched for some days on the Warrentown Railroad near Auburn,Virginia. Near-by lay Dr. Murrays house, called the Castle, a picturesque gray stone edifice, beautifully contrasting with the darkgreen ivy which had partly overgrown it, and situated in a grove on an eminence known as Rockhill. Here Genera
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. WHERE THE CAVALRY RESTED—CASTLE MURRAY. NEAR AUBURN, VIRGINIA In tlie fall of 1S(>3 the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac were pitched for some days on the Warrentown Railroad near Auburn,Virginia. Near-by lay Dr. Murrays house, called the Castle, a picturesque gray stone edifice, beautifully contrasting with the darkgreen ivy which had partly overgrown it, and situated in a grove on an eminence known as Rockhill. Here General Pleasonton, com-manding the cavalry, had his camp, his tents forming an effective picture when silhouetted by the setting sun against the gray wallsof the Castle. At night the green lamps that showed the position of the generals camp would shine mysteriously over the trees, andthe band of the Sixth United States Cavalry would make the stone walls echo to its martial music. The cavalry was resting afterits desperate encounters at Gettysburg and its fights along the Rappahannock. But there remained much yet for the troo
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