Cavalry stables at Arlington.
The streets of
Washington re-echoed throughout the war with the clatter of horses' hoofs.
Mounted aides, couriers, the
general staff, the officers of the various regiments stationed in and about the
Capital all had their chargers, and Giesboro was too far away to stable them.
In the left-hand corer of the first picture, the Giesboro corral shown on the following pages can be seen in the distance.
A glance at the photograph will show that the corral was too far away to be convenient for horses in use in
Washington.
It is three and a half miles as the crow flies from
Arlington to the corral.
The photographer has written on the face of the lower photograph the date, “June 29, 1864.”
At this moment
Grant was swinging his cavalry toward
Petersburg.
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Cavalry stables at Arlington — the great corral in the distance, 3 1/2 miles |
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Interior view of cavalry stables at Arlington |
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