Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14759846851)

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Title: Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ...

Year: 1894 (1890s)

Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880

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Publisher: New York : Mrs. F. Leslie

Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ADVANCE OF GENERAL ROSECRANSS DIVISION THROUGH THE FORESTS OF LAUREL HILL TO ATTACK THE CONFEDERATE ENTRENCHMENTS AT RICH MOUNTAIN. involveT\t ^S of ^^bSSr^SinShSlj -der General Garnett in Western Virginia and driving them bey.ond the Al.eghaniesGeneral Rosecrans to sumri-o th™ E5- J !ntren.cne<* at R,ch Mountain, m a position commanding the turnpike over Laurel Hill. He detailedcountry General RosecW^colnmn nVimn tnn )nvo1™1 a circuitous march through the dense forests of Laurel Hill, oyer a wild and brokenat SihTSKai^ffl T r&+f ^H bV a 7,0dsman ««* David L. Hart, who described the march as follows : -We startedwhole^ltv s on in perLT^lX Our cirt t w^V JT^V ^1 17°°d obstructe<l by bushes, laurels, fallen timber and rocks, followed by thethe Confederate pickets and after draw n J Jve miles ; rain fell, the bushes wet us through, and it was very cold. At noon we came upon It ended in The SvroXLdS/lZZ of thlTS^ <**?** r°m,Tr f™ im™^J opened*action. The result o

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