. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . s, or more than272 regiments, in defense of the Government. This picture is found in Bradys collectionand shows the cavalry depot at Giesboro Point, Maryland, just outside of Washington. Atthe beginning of the war the mounted men were used as scouts, orderlies, and in outpost Joe Hooker finally turned a multitude of detachments into a compact army corpsof 12,000 horsemen. The gallant horseman, Phil Sheridan, under instructions from Gen-eral Grant, organized three divisions of 5,000 mounted
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . s, or more than272 regiments, in defense of the Government. This picture is found in Bradys collectionand shows the cavalry depot at Giesboro Point, Maryland, just outside of Washington. Atthe beginning of the war the mounted men were used as scouts, orderlies, and in outpost Joe Hooker finally turned a multitude of detachments into a compact army corpsof 12,000 horsemen. The gallant horseman, Phil Sheridan, under instructions from Gen-eral Grant, organized three divisions of 5,000 mounted men, each armed with repeating car-bines and sabers. It was with this force that Sheridan met the Confederate cavalry at YellowTavern, near Richmond, and demonstrated the importance of mounted troops by great militarypowers. One of the most magnificent scenes in the war was when 10,000 horsemen moved outon the Telegraph Road leading from Fredericksburg to Richmond, and the column, as it stood infours, well closed up, was thirteen miles long and required four hours to pass a given APTURE the NationalCapital, throw the cityinto confusion and terrorby conflagration, seize thePresident and his Cabinet, and securecontrol of the Government. Thiswas the first cry of the of volunteers were mov-ing- toward the city in answer to thecall for men to save the Nation. Or-ders w7ere issued to hold back the en-emy from crossing the bridges thatentered Washington. Two batterieswere thrown up at the east end of theUpper, or Chain Bridge, and a heavytwo-leaved gate covered with ironplates pierced for musketry, was con-structed at the center of the at Arlington Heightsand the battery at GeorgetownHeights, guarded the AqueductBridge. The largest approach toWashington was the famous LongBridge, a mile in length, and con-necting the National Capital withAlexandria, Virginia, the gateway tothe Confederacy. Three earthen fortscommanded its entrance. All
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