. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . I{KlAIKI.\(; (•().\FKDICHATK I).\MA(iK The busy Federal engineers are n-lniililin)^ tlie railroail l)riil;j;e across (eilar Rnn, near Catletts Station, destroyed l>y tlie Confederateson the previous day, October 13tli, wlien Ihey fell back l)efore the Army of the Iotontae under General Miaile. The fall of 18fi3 wasa period of small cavalry battles. On S<ptiMiibiT ICth the .\rmy of the Potomac crosseil the Rappahannock and took position nearCulpeper Court House.
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . I{KlAIKI.\(; (•().\FKDICHATK I).\MA(iK The busy Federal engineers are n-lniililin)^ tlie railroail l)riil;j;e across (eilar Rnn, near Catletts Station, destroyed l>y tlie Confederateson the previous day, October 13tli, wlien Ihey fell back l)efore the Army of the Iotontae under General Miaile. The fall of 18fi3 wasa period of small cavalry battles. On S<ptiMiibiT ICth the .\rmy of the Potomac crosseil the Rappahannock and took position nearCulpeper Court House. Duringthenext few weeks the cavalry was actively engaged in rec-onnoiterinn duty. On October lOth ( Buford was sent across the Rappahannock with the First Cavalry Division (consisting of the Fighlli Illinois. Twelfth Illinois,four companiiS Third Indiana, six coni|ianies Eighth New York. Sixth New York. Ninth New York. Seventeenth Pennsylvania, and. COPYRIGHT, )9H, PATHrOT PUB. CO. FEDERAL ENGINEERS AT ^VORK OCTOBER U, 1863 Third West Virginia, two companies) to uncover, if possible, the upper fords of the river. Buford forced a passage over the GermannaFord, and bivouacked that night at Mortons Ford, where he recrossed the Rapidan and engaged a body of the enemy. At daylighton October 14th, the Confederates attacked Greggs Second Cavalry Division, but he held his position tenaciously while GeneralWarren got the Second Corps across Cedar Run. It seldom took over a few hours to rebuild one of these bridges. Sometimes thetroops tore down the nearest wooden houses to get boards and timber. This \\Tecking of houses was very arduous work. The trees inthe foreground have been sacrificed for construction purposes. FEDERAL RAIDS AND EXPEDITIONSIN THE EAST feJ A v\ Ev D. Rhodes Captiini, (irncral Staff, Unilcd Artiii/ CAVALRY operations known as raids, were a distinct])r()duct of the Civil War, and altliouoli many other t
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