. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . FALLS CHURCH, OX THE CONFEDERATE PICKET LINE IN 61- MILES FROM WASHINGTON -NEARLY THREE This typical cross-roads Virginia church, less than three miles from Washington, lay on the end of theline patroled by the Confederate cavalry pickets in the summer and fall of 01. Strange-looking soldierswere those riders in Colonel .1. E. B. Stuarts command, without uniforms, armed with rifles and double-barreled shot-guns, with hardly a saber or a revolver. While McClellan was drilling his army in Wash-ington and metamorphosing it from an arm
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . FALLS CHURCH, OX THE CONFEDERATE PICKET LINE IN 61- MILES FROM WASHINGTON -NEARLY THREE This typical cross-roads Virginia church, less than three miles from Washington, lay on the end of theline patroled by the Confederate cavalry pickets in the summer and fall of 01. Strange-looking soldierswere those riders in Colonel .1. E. B. Stuarts command, without uniforms, armed with rifles and double-barreled shot-guns, with hardly a saber or a revolver. While McClellan was drilling his army in Wash-ington and metamorphosing it from an armed mob into an efficient fighting machine, the Confederatehorsemen occupied and held Masons and Munsons Hill and picketed at points along the Potomac. Withthe exception of an affair at Lewinsville in September there was little actual fighting. In that monthStuart was commissioned brigadier-general, and in December occurred the battle of Dranesville, in whichhe commanded the Confederate forces, but failed to carry the day. Soon, however, he leaped into fame.
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