. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Copyright by Fiitriot Pub. Co. AVERELL—THE COLONEL WHO BLI FEED AN ARIMY. Colonel W, W. Avcrell and Staff.—This intrei)id officer of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry held the Federalposition on Malvern Hill on the morning of July 2, 186-2, with only a small guard, while McClellan com-pleted the withdrawal of his army to Harrisons Landing. It was his duty to watch the movements ofthe Confederates and hold them back from any attempt to fall upon the retreating trains and
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Copyright by Fiitriot Pub. Co. AVERELL—THE COLONEL WHO BLI FEED AN ARIMY. Colonel W, W. Avcrell and Staff.—This intrei)id officer of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry held the Federalposition on Malvern Hill on the morning of July 2, 186-2, with only a small guard, while McClellan com-pleted the withdrawal of his army to Harrisons Landing. It was his duty to watch the movements ofthe Confederates and hold them back from any attempt to fall upon the retreating trains and troojjs. Adense fog in the early morning shut off the forces of A. P. Hill and Longstreet from his view. He had nota single fieldpiece with which to resist attack. When the mist cleared away, he kept u|) a great activitywith his cavalry horses, making the Confederates believe that artillery was being brought up. With ap-parent reluctance he agreed to a truce of two hours in which the Confederates might bury the dead theyleft on the hillside the day before. Later, with an increased show of unwillingness, he extended th
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