. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , PATRIOT Poe. CO. GENERAL BUTTERFIELD, A WELL-MOUNTED INFANTRY GENERAL This is a photograph of the well-mounted ohief-of-staff and corps commander of the Army of the Potomac. It was the custom ofgenerals who had been infantry officers to set their own pace, regardless of their cavalry escort. A cavalryman detailed to escorthim tells the following story: We started out with General Butterfield one day upon the Potomac to meet Confederate officers inrelation to the exc
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , PATRIOT Poe. CO. GENERAL BUTTERFIELD, A WELL-MOUNTED INFANTRY GENERAL This is a photograph of the well-mounted ohief-of-staff and corps commander of the Army of the Potomac. It was the custom ofgenerals who had been infantry officers to set their own pace, regardless of their cavalry escort. A cavalryman detailed to escorthim tells the following story: We started out with General Butterfield one day upon the Potomac to meet Confederate officers inrelation to the exchange of prisoners. My regiment was ordered out to escort him. The infantry officers, accustomed to riding alone,made their way regardless of their escorts, and inside of half an hour my column was distributed over two miles of road; General Butter-field did not adapt his riding to the pace of the escort and made it very difficult for the cavalry to follow him.
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