. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . to SudleysFord, three miles above the Stone Bridge, and woidd reach thefield from that direction. Quickly then he tiu-ned about withsix companies of brave South Carolinians and a battalion of Louisiana Tigers and posted them on a plateau overlook-ing the valley of Youngs Branch, a small tributary of BullRun. Here, not far from the JMatthews and Carter houses,he awaited the comizig of the Federals. His force was stationed oveilooking the Sudley and New-market road and
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . to SudleysFord, three miles above the Stone Bridge, and woidd reach thefield from that direction. Quickly then he tiu-ned about withsix companies of brave South Carolinians and a battalion of Louisiana Tigers and posted them on a plateau overlook-ing the valley of Youngs Branch, a small tributary of BullRun. Here, not far from the JMatthews and Carter houses,he awaited the comizig of the Federals. His force was stationed oveilooking the Sudley and New-market road and an open field through which the Federaltroops would be forced to 2)ass to reach the higher groundheld by the Confederates. Two ti-pound howitzers wereplaced to sweep the field of ajiproach, one at each end ofEvans line of defense. With guns loaded, and howitzers ready to pour theircharges into an advancing force, the Southerners stood andwatched the line of dust that arose above the trees. It movedslowly to the westward. Then, where the Sudley road turnsto the southward to cross the Sudley Ford, it followed the 154] ^*«;.
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