. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . to the North Anna River. On the 20th of May the marchwas resumed. The men had suffered great hardships fromhunger, exposure, and incessant action, and many would fallasleep on the line of march. On the day after the start, Hancock crossed the Matta-pony River at one point and Warren at another. Hancockwas ordered to take position on the right hank and, if prac-ticable, to attack the Confederates wherever found. By the22d, Wright and Burnside came up and the
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . to the North Anna River. On the 20th of May the marchwas resumed. The men had suffered great hardships fromhunger, exposure, and incessant action, and many would fallasleep on the line of march. On the day after the start, Hancock crossed the Matta-pony River at one point and Warren at another. Hancockwas ordered to take position on the right hank and, if prac-ticable, to attack the Confederates wherever found. By the22d, Wright and Burnside came up and the march the vigilant Lee had again detected the plans of hisadversary. Meades army had barely started in its purpose to turnthe Confederates flank when the Southern forces were on theway to block the army of the North. As on the march fromthe Wilderness to Spotsylvania, Lees troops took the shorterroute, along main roads, and reached the North Anna aheadof the Federals. Warrens corps was the first of Meadesarmy to arrive at the north bank of the river, which it did onthe afternoon of May 23d. Lee was already on the sout
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