. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COcyRIGmT, 19-1, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WALK YOUR HORSES ONE OF THE GRIM JOKES OF WAR AS PLAYED AT CHESTERFIELD BRIDGE. NORTH ANNA The sign posted by the local authorities at Taylors bridge, where the Telegraph Road crosses the NorthAnna, was Walk your horses. The wooden structure was referred to by the military as Chesterfieldbridge. Here Hancocks Corps arrived toward e\ening of May •23d, and the Confederate entrenchments,showing in the foreground, were .seized by the old Berry Brigade. In the heat of the charge the Ninety-third Ne
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COcyRIGmT, 19-1, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WALK YOUR HORSES ONE OF THE GRIM JOKES OF WAR AS PLAYED AT CHESTERFIELD BRIDGE. NORTH ANNA The sign posted by the local authorities at Taylors bridge, where the Telegraph Road crosses the NorthAnna, was Walk your horses. The wooden structure was referred to by the military as Chesterfieldbridge. Here Hancocks Corps arrived toward e\ening of May •23d, and the Confederate entrenchments,showing in the foreground, were .seized by the old Berry Brigade. In the heat of the charge the Ninety-third New York carried tlieir colors to the middle of the bridge, driving off the Confederates before theycould destroy it. When the Federals began crossing next day they had to run the gantlet of musketryand artillery fire from the opposite bank. Several regiments of New York heax-y artillery poured across thestructure at the double-quick with the hostile shells bursting about their heads. When Captain SleepersEighteenth Massachusetts battery began crossing, the
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