. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THK FIRST STAND OF Stonewalls men. McCLELLANS LAST AD\ANCE This splendid landscape photograph of the pontoon bridge at Berlin, Maryland, was taken in October, the 26th McClellan crossed the Potomac here for the last time in command of an army. Around this((uiet and picturesque country the Army of the Potomac bivouacked during October, 1862, leaving two corpsposted at Harjjers Ferry to iiold the outlet of the Shenandoah Valley. .\t Berlin (a little village of a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THK FIRST STAND OF Stonewalls men. McCLELLANS LAST AD\ANCE This splendid landscape photograph of the pontoon bridge at Berlin, Maryland, was taken in October, the 26th McClellan crossed the Potomac here for the last time in command of an army. Around this((uiet and picturesque country the Army of the Potomac bivouacked during October, 1862, leaving two corpsposted at Harjjers Ferry to iiold the outlet of the Shenandoah Valley. .\t Berlin (a little village of aboutfour hundred inhabitants), McClellan had his headquarters during the reorganization of the army, which heconsidered necessary after Antietam. The many reverses to the Federal arms since the beginning of the warhad weakened the popular hold of the Lincoln Administration, an<l there was constant political pressure foran aggressive move against Lee. McClellan, yielding at last to this demand, began advancing his army intoVirginia. Late on the night of November 7th, through a heavy rainstorm. General Buckingham, riding post-
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