. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . (Hffw^. l)t pintngra^Mr ISrrnrii as l^tsturg ^- to him by tlie faltering hands of his predecessor ^vas to expirewhile he was still responsible for the continuity of the flame. And it was not only in 1861 that the capital Avas anxiety of the President (ne\er for himself, but only forhis country and his responsibilities) was to be renewed in June,1863, when Lee was in ^Maryland, and in Jidy, 1864, at thetime of Earhs raid. It was during Earlys hin-ried att
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . (Hffw^. l)t pintngra^Mr ISrrnrii as l^tsturg ^- to him by tlie faltering hands of his predecessor ^vas to expirewhile he was still responsible for the continuity of the flame. And it was not only in 1861 that the capital Avas anxiety of the President (ne\er for himself, but only forhis country and his responsibilities) was to be renewed in June,1863, when Lee was in ^Maryland, and in Jidy, 1864, at thetime of Earhs raid. It was during Earlys hin-ried attackthat Lincoln, visiting Fort Stevens, came into direct sight ofthe fighting by which Earlys men were finally repulsed. Forthe President, the war must indeed at this time have beensomething in the present tense, something which meant dreadj)Ossibilities always impending. The month of July, 1863, marked the turning point of thegreat contest. If the Federal lines had been broken at Gettys-burg, Lee would have been able, in jjlacing his army across thehighways to Baltimore and to Philadelphia, to isolate Washing-ton from the North.
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