. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE RETURN OF SHERIDANS TROOPERS—MAY 25, 1864 After their ride of sixteen days to the very gates of Richmond, Sheridan and his men rejoined Grant nearChesterfield Station. The photographer caught the returning column just as they were riding over theChesterfield bridge. On the 21st they had crossed the Pamunkey near White House on I lie ruins of therailroad bridge, which they took only six hours to repair. Two regiments at a time, working as pioneers,wrecked a neighboring house, and with its timbers soon had the bridge ready to bea
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE RETURN OF SHERIDANS TROOPERS—MAY 25, 1864 After their ride of sixteen days to the very gates of Richmond, Sheridan and his men rejoined Grant nearChesterfield Station. The photographer caught the returning column just as they were riding over theChesterfield bridge. On the 21st they had crossed the Pamunkey near White House on I lie ruins of therailroad bridge, which they took only six hours to repair. Two regiments at a time, working as pioneers,wrecked a neighboring house, and with its timbers soon had the bridge ready to bear the weight of horsesand artillery. The only mishap was the fall of a pack-mule from the bridge into the water thirty feet takes much, however, to disturb the equanimity of an army mule. It turned a somersault in the air,struck an abutment, disappeared under water, came up, and swam tranquilly ashore without disturbing-its pack. This speaks well for the ability as saddle-packers of Sheridans men. The total results of thisimportant raid were the d
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