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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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IN THE WAKE OF LEES RETREAT THE RUINS OF RAILROAD BRIDOE AT PETERSBURG APRIL, 1865
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COPVRICMT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. The scene that met the eyes of the Union cavalry on April 3d. The ashes of a bridge, locomotive, trainand all, as they had fallen the day before on the gravelly shore of the Appotomax. When the lines south-east and west of the city were captured on April 2d, Lee had seen that retreat was the only resource left.His haggard Init undaunted veterans began this final movement at eight oclock in the evening, passingto the north side of the Appomattox by the pontoon, Pocahontas and railroad bridges. These weregiven to the flames immediately after crossing, in order to hinder the pursuit. Though there were in thefields of Mississippi and Alabama supplies enough to feed Lees army for a whole year, the means of trans-portation was so poor that all through the winter they had suffered from hunger. Now the only a\enueof supply that had remained in their control was seized by the LTnion armies. The possibility of joiningwith Johnstons forces, or of making a last s

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