. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . d al lliiir- iiirious weapons, .sngpestive more ofContinental than of American warfare, brings sufficient testimony to the high quality of the men who endeavored to curb tlie Con-federate leader, Stuart, and the resources behind them. The usual armament of tlie Union vohmteer regiments consisted ofa .saber, a revolver, and a carbine. was provided with lances in addition to the pistol, twelve ear-bines being afterwards adde
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . d al lliiir- iiirious weapons, .sngpestive more ofContinental than of American warfare, brings sufficient testimony to the high quality of the men who endeavored to curb tlie Con-federate leader, Stuart, and the resources behind them. The usual armament of tlie Union vohmteer regiments consisted ofa .saber, a revolver, and a carbine. was provided with lances in addition to the pistol, twelve ear-bines being afterwards added to the equipment of each troop for picket and scouting duty. \ clean cut. smart-looking lot they areby the .streaming pennants—the privates, recruited from the atliUtie set of the day in IMiiladclphia. no less than the officer,s<i intent upon the coffii llial \us unlirly is pouring out. Hill it was vainly that in North or Soutli, in Pennsylvania or in Virginia, inKcilenil territory or along tlie lianks of Die ( liickahomiiiy. tlie nun of this eniek Ieniisylvaniii regiment tried toeiitch .Stuart and his. LANCERS IX THE FEDERAL CAVALRY fleet !. At TunstalTs Station, Virginia, they were two liours late; at Emmittsburg, Maryland, an Iiour early. On theoccasion of Stnarts famous raiii on Chanibershurg, in October, IHCii. (ieneral Pleasonton, irritated by the audacity of the <laring South-erner, had made every disposition to head off tlie raiders before they reached the Potomac. General Pleasonton himself, with eighthundred men; Colonel Richard H. Rush, with his unique lancers, and General Stoneman, with his command, were all scouring the countryin search of Stuart, who was encumbered with many captured honses, but was moving steadily toward the Potomac. A march of thirty-two miles from Chambersburg brought the wily Stuart to Emmittsburg about seven oclock on the evening of the 11th. One hourbefore their arrival six companies of the Lancers, at that tim
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