Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches)
Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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courier to gallop across the country with an importantdispatch to General Stuart, disclosing his plans. It was nowthat Genera) Pope met fortune; he captured the courier andlearned of Lees plans. Pope knew that he was not in positionto meet Lees army at Culpeper, and he withdrew from thatplace and took up a strong position behind the Rappahannock.Lee had strained every nerve to get at his antagonist beforethe latter left Culpeper and before he could be reenforced byMcClellans army. But sudden rains changed the Rappahan-nock from a placid stream into a rushing torrent. The Con-federates were delayed and meantime the reenforcements fromthe Peninsula began to reach Popes army. General Renowith a part of Burnsides corps was on the ground by August14th. One week later came Generals Kearny and Reynolds—both splendid leaders, both destined to give their lives fortheir country within a year—to join the Army of Virginia withsome thousands of additional fighters from the Army of thePotomac.
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WHERE THE THUNDERBOLT FELL The havoc wrought by the Confederate attack of August ^Gth on the Federal supply depot at ManassasJunction is here graphically preserved. When Jackson arrived at sunset of that day at Bristoes Station,on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, he knew that his daring movement would be reported to Popesforces by the trains that escaped both north and south. To save themselves, the troops that had alreadymarched twenty-five miles had to make still further exertions. Trimble volunteered to move on ManassasJunction; and, under command of Stuart, a small force moved northward through the woods. At mid-night it arrived within half a mile of the Junction. The Federal force greeted it with artillery fire, butwhen the Confederates charged at the sound of the bugle the gunners abandoned the batteries to the as-saulters. Some three hundred of the small Federal garrison were captured, with the immense stores thatfilled the warehouses to overflowing. The next morning Hills

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