Identifier: photographichist03mill (find matches)
Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
turned at bay at FishersHill to resist the further aj^jiroach of their pursuers. The posi-tion selected by General Early was a strong one, and his antag-onist at once recognized it as such. The valley of the Shenan-doah at this point is about four miles wide, lying betweenFishers Hill and Little North ^Mountain. General Earlysline extended across the entire valley, and he had greatly in-creased his already naturally strong position. His army seemedsafe from attack. From the sunmiit of Three Top Mountain,his signal corps informed him of every movement of the Unionarmy in the valley below. General Sheridans actions indicateda purpose to assault the center of the Confederate line. Fortwo days he continued massing his regiments in that direction,at times even skirmishing for position. General ^Vright pushedhis men to within seven hundred yards of the Southern battle-line. While this was going on in full view of the Confederategeneral and his ai-my. another movement was being executed lofi
Text Appearing After Image:
COPiRlGMT. 911, PATfllOT PUB CO. WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND CLERKS IN WAR-TIME Non-combatants of this type formed the main reliance of the authorities against Earlys veterans in July,1864. The forces available, prior to the arrival of the Sixth and Nineteenth Corps from Grants army, aresummarized by General Barnard thus: The effective forces were 1,819 infantry, 1,834 artillery, and 63cavalry north of the Potomac, and 4,064 infantry, 1,772 artillery, and 51 cavalry south thereof. Therewere besides, in Washington and Alexandria, about 3,900 effectives and about 4,400 (six regiments) ofVeteran Reserves. The foregoing constitute a total of about 20,400 men. Of that number, however, but9,600, mostly perfectly raw troops, constituted the garrison of the defenses. Of the other troops, a consid-erable portion were unavailable, and the whole would form but an inefficient force for service on the lines.

Note About Images