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Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, ed Campbell-Copeland, T. (Thomas), ed Beath, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1839-1914 Vandervoort, Paul. History of the Grand Army of the Republic Avery, I. W. (Isaac Wheeler), 1837-1897. History of the Confederate Veterans' Association Davis, A. P. History of the Sons of Veterans Merrill, Frank P. History of the Sons of Veterans
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Navy Grand Army of the Republic United Confederate Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Publisher: New York Atlanta : Stanley Bradley Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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rth Pennsylvania Colonel Dixon S. Miles. The First Rrignde, eorrmanded by Colonel Louis Blenkor included thfEighth and Twenty-ninth New York, the New YorkGaribaldi Guard, and the Twenty-fourth Pennsyl-vania licgimenta. Tho Second Brigade, commandedby Colonel Thomas A. Davics, included the Six.teenth. Eighteenth. Thirty-first and Thirty-secondNew York Regiments, nnd a light battery, withCompany G, of the Second United States Artillery. All the divisions loft camp or. the afternoon olthe ICth of July, tho main body advancing earljtho following day toward Fairfax CourtHouse, where it was expected the Con-federates would make a stand. General Tylers division, forming tlio extremeright wing, took the Leesbwg Road, and occupiedVienna that evening. Tho central column, underGeneral Hunter, entered the direct turnpike roadleading to Fairfax Court House. Hcintzelmansdivision went out from near Alexandria, along theLittle Elver Turnpike, and MOess force -jitereo io4 THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR.
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THE SOLDIliR IN OUR CIVIL WAR. 105 Fourth Pcnnsyhbuttery having completed their time of service,returned to Washington on their way homo. Tho advance took place lit two oclock Sinmorning, the 2UL Tylers division, with Ay uml Carlisles butteries, moved along tlie X the old Braddock Itoad, occupying the extreme leftof ilic Federal advance. Gencnil Pattersons troops, numbering ahont16,000 men, were opposing at Martinsburg tlicforce o( General Joseph E. Johnston, who occupiedWinchester. In accordance with instructions, Pat-terson reached Cliarlestown on Jnly 17th, and re-mained there, holding in check, but not daring to Ruilwn;attack, what he supposed to be a much superiorforce, well intrenched, and believing tbat Johnstoncould not elude him in time to meet McDowellsattack, promised by General Scott on tho ICth or17th. This Johnston did, however, on the morn-ing of the lBth, and, as will be seen later, succeededin joining and co-operating effectually with Beaure-gards forces at Bull Run,

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