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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, V. Pope's campaign in Northern Virginia. August, 1862. (search)
V. Pope's campaign in Northern Virginia. August, 1862. I. Removal of the army from the Peninsula. It will have appeared from the exposition of the motives that prompted the change of base, that, in transferring the Army of the Potomac to the James River, the fundamental idea of its commander was to secure a line of operations whereby, with a refreshed and re-enforced army, a new campaign, under more promising auspices, might be undertaken. The position of the army, at once threatening the communications of Richmond and enabling it to spring on the rear of the Confederate force should it attempt an aggressive movement northward, seemed the most advantageous possible, whether for offensive operations or for insuring the safety of the national capital. General McClellan brought back to Harrison's Landing between eighty-five thousand and ninety thousand men; and his view was, that all the resources at the command of the Government should be at once forwarded to him. Having the
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), P (search)
III., 342. Poolesville, Md., III., 159 seq. Poor, C. H., VI., 116. Poor Old Slave, poem, IX., 351. Pope, John I., 217, 219, 220, 222, 225, 236, 358, 360; II., 9, 13 seq.; headquarters of, II., 15, 18, 20 seq., 26, 28, 32, 34, 38 seq.; 43, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 139, 144, 320, 322; IV., 34; army of, IV., 67, 89, 90, 193; V., 27, 32 seq., 34, 36, 104, 200, 202, 283, 286, 288; VI., 189, 216, 218, 268; VII., 106, 219; VIII., 18, 128, 201, 228, 240; IX., 75; X., 173, 176. Pope, V., III., 39. Poplar Springs Church, Va., III., 332. Population of Northern States in 1860, VIII., 58. Porcher, F. P., VII., 250. Pork-packing by Confederate government at Richmond, Va., VIII., 54. Port Gibson, Miss.: II., 189, 214, 216, 334, 340. Port Hudson, La.: L, 365; II., 9; Confederate fortifications at, II., 179; River Banks at, II., 179 seq., 188; Confederate fortifications, II., 210; Confederate siege guns at, II., 211; Confederate fortifications