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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

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COPYRIGHT, 1911. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO, BEEF FOR THE CAVALRY AT COMMISSARY HEADQUARTERS So seldom did the cavalry gel a chance to enjoy the luxuries to l)e had at commissary headquarters that they took advantage of everyopportunity. It is February, 1864, and the cavalry officer in the picture can look forward to a month or two more of fresh beef forhis men. Then he will find his troop pounding by the desolate farmhou.ses and war-ridden fields, as the army advances on Rich-mond under Grant. While the infantry lay snug in winter-quarters, the troopers were busy scouring the ^irginia hills for signs ofthe Confederates, or raiding their lines of communication and destroying their supplies. It took a large part of the time of the North-em and Southern infantry to repair the damage done by the cavalry. The cavalry often had to live by foraging, or go without food.Miles of railroad destroyed, bridges burned, telegraph wires cut, a sudden cessation of the source of supplies caused hundreds of

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