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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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SOME OF PLEASONTONS MEN AT GETTYSBURG These men and mere boys stood seriously before the camera. Without a trace of swagger tlicy leaned upontheir flashing sabers; yet they had seen all the important cavalry fighting in the East before tlieir final su-preme test at Gettysburg. They had fought at Iair Oaks and the Seven Days around llichmond. Theyhad played their j)art at Kellys Ford and in the great cMNalry lialtlt- at Hraiidy Station. They came toGetty.sburg .sca.soncd troopers, with poise and confidence in thcTu.seives. On the first day (ircggs SecondCavalry Division, of which they formed i)art, fought the Second Virginia on foot with carliincs. On thesecond day they were deployed as (lisni(nuilc<i skirmishers to meet Stuarts men. The Conrccicralc cavalryleader hoped to charge at the ()p;)rtunc niomcnt when Pickett was advancing, but Plea.sontons men frus-
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COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PU6. CO. COMPANY D THIRD PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY trated this attempt. The desperate charges and counter-charges on the Union right on that third decisiveday were the fiercest of the entire war. This photograph was taken seven months later at Brandy Station,a few weeks before the Third Pennsylvania went into the Wilderness. Their time intervening sincethe battle of Gettysburg has been spent scouting and picketing along the Rappahannock, includingmany a skirmish with their active adversaries. They have had time to spruce up a bit during one oftheir short rests, but their quiet veteran bearing reflects the scenes they have passed through. Theirswords that gleam so brilliantly are the regulation light curved cavalry sabers. With these and allother needed articles of equipment they and most of the Federal cavalry are now thoroughly equipped.

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