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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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REVIEW OF HEVICWe CO. THE BRIDGES THAT A BAND OF MUSIC THREATENED At Franklin Crossing, on the Rappaiiannock, occurred an incident that ;)roves how little things may changethe whole trend of the best-laid plans. The left Union wing under the command of (icneral Franklin,composed of the First Army Corps under General Reynolds, and the Sixth under General W. S. Smith,was crossing to engage in the ))attle of Fredericksburg. For two days they (joured across the.se yieldingplanks between the swaying boats to the farther shore. Now, in the crossing of bridges, moving bodies ofmen must break step or even well-built structures might be threatened. The colonel of one of the regi-ments in General Devens division that led the van ordered his field music to strike up just as the headof the column swept on to the flimsy planking; before the regiment was half-way across, unconsciously themen had fallen into step and the whole fabric was swaying to the cadenced feet. Vibrating like a great fiddle-st

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