. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Copyrii/fU hy Review of Reviews Co. PRELUDE TO THE COMBAT—BLACKBURXS FORD This crossing of Bull Run, was on July 18, 1861, the scene of a lively prelude to the first great combat. General Daniel Tyler, com-nianfling a division of McDowells armv, pushed a reconnaissance to the north bank of the stream near this Ford. Confederates posted onthe opposite bank fired upon Tvlers advance line, driving it back in disorder. Tyler then withdrew .satisfied that the enemy was mfo
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Copyrii/fU hy Review of Reviews Co. PRELUDE TO THE COMBAT—BLACKBURXS FORD This crossing of Bull Run, was on July 18, 1861, the scene of a lively prelude to the first great combat. General Daniel Tyler, com-nianfling a division of McDowells armv, pushed a reconnaissance to the north bank of the stream near this Ford. Confederates posted onthe opposite bank fired upon Tvlers advance line, driving it back in disorder. Tyler then withdrew .satisfied that the enemy was mforce at this point. This picture was taken the next year, while Ricketts division of the McDowell Corps was encamped at A THREE MONTHS REGIMENT—THE THIRD CONNECTICUT Co-pyright by Patriot Pub. Co. The Third Connecticut was present on the field of Bull Run. The men had enlisted in April. 1861, and their time was all but up inJuly, for thev were three months men. Their ilriliing had taken place for a short time in their home State and afterward in thecamps around Washington. Thev were mostlv iirtisans and farmer boys witli a sprinkling of null and men of business fromthe larger towns. The regiment was attached to Tylers division, of McDowells army, and suffered little in the battle, the totallosses, including deaths from sickness, in this regiment, which was mustered out at the end of its service, amounted to fave all goes without saying, however, that many re-enlisted and again went to the front, where they sUyed until the conflict ended.
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