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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
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GENERAL TORBERT IN THE SHENANDOAH This photograph, made in the Shenandoah \alley in the fall of 1864, shows General Alfred T. A. Torbert, immaculately clad in a nattyuniform, on the steps of a beautiful vine-clad cottage. Virginia homes such as this fared but badly in that terrible October. The blackshame of war spread over the valley and rose in the smoke from burning barns. Grant had resolved that Shenandoah should no longerbe allowed to act as a granary for the armies of the Confederacy. Sheridan and his men had orders ruthlessly to destroy all suppliesthat could not be carried away. The Confederate cavalry clung desperately to his rear, and gave so much anno> ance that on October8th Sheridan directed Torbert to give Rosser a drubbing next morning or get whipped himself. The saber contest that ensued atToms Brook was the last attempt of the Confederate cavalry to reestablish their former supremacy. The sight of the devastated valleyspurred the Southern troopers to the most valia

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