. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . . OF REVIEWS CO FALLS CHURCH, OX THE CONFEDERATE PICKET LINE IN 61—NEARLY THREE MILES FROISI WASHINGTON This typical cross-roads Virginia church, less than three miles from Washington, lay on the end of theline jiatroled by the Confederate cavalry pickets in the summer and fall of 61. Strange-looking soldierswere those riders in Colonel J. E. B. Stuarts command, without uniforms, armed with rifles and double-barreled shot-guns, with hardly a saber or a re\olver. While
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . . OF REVIEWS CO FALLS CHURCH, OX THE CONFEDERATE PICKET LINE IN 61—NEARLY THREE MILES FROISI WASHINGTON This typical cross-roads Virginia church, less than three miles from Washington, lay on the end of theline jiatroled by the Confederate cavalry pickets in the summer and fall of 61. Strange-looking soldierswere those riders in Colonel J. E. B. Stuarts command, without uniforms, armed with rifles and double-barreled shot-guns, with hardly a saber or a re\olver. 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 INIunsons 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, h
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