. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . he cavalry, and leaving General Wright in command. AtFront Royal the next day word came from Wright enclosinga message taken for the Confederate signal-flag on Three TopMountain. It was from Longstreet, advising Early that hewould join him and crush Sheridan. The latter sent the cav-alry back to Wright, and continued on to Washington, whencehe returned at once by s])ecial train, reaching Winchester onthe evening of the 18th. Just after dark on October 18th,
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . he cavalry, and leaving General Wright in command. AtFront Royal the next day word came from Wright enclosinga message taken for the Confederate signal-flag on Three TopMountain. It was from Longstreet, advising Early that hewould join him and crush Sheridan. The latter sent the cav-alry back to Wright, and continued on to Washington, whencehe returned at once by s])ecial train, reaching Winchester onthe evening of the 18th. Just after dark on October 18th, a part of Earlys armyunder the command of General John E. Gordon, with noiselesssteps, moved out from their camp, through the misty, autumnnight. The men had been stripped of their canteens, in fearthat the striking of them against some object might revealtheir movements. Orders were given in low whispers. Theirpath followed along the base of the mountain—a dim and nar-row trail, upon which but one man might pass at a time. Forseven miles this sinuous line made its way through the dark w fli m W//I I A/A H ■ i U y/i // / //A fl. A HOUSE NEAR WASHINGTON STRUCK BY ONE OF EARLYS SHELLS The arrival of Grants trained veterans in July, 1864, restored security to the capital city after a week of fright. The fact that shellshad been thrown into the outskirts of the city gave the inhabitants for the first time a realizing sense of immediate danger. Thisscene is the neighborhood of Fort Stevens, on the Seventh Street road, not far from the Soldiers Home, where President Lincolnwas spending the summer. The campaign for his reelection had begun and the outlook for his success and that of his party seemedat this moment as dubious as that for the conclusion of the war. Grant had weakened his lines about Richmond in order to protectWashington, while Lee had been able to detach Earlys Corps for the brilliant Valley Campaign, which saved his Shenandoah suoplies.
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