Author : Military Historical Socie Massachusetts
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ISBN 13 : 9781331067504
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Book Synopsis The Wilderness Campaign, May-June, 1864, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) by : Military Historical Socie Massachusetts
Download or read book The Wilderness Campaign, May-June, 1864, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) written by Military Historical Socie Massachusetts and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wilderness Campaign, May-June, 1864, Vol. 4 Upon the return of the Army of the Potomac in December, 1863, from the Mine Run campaign, all active operations ceased. The troops took up encampments on the neck of land between the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers. Many of the troops occupied the identical camps vacated by them at the opening of this campaign. Under instructions from Washington, Meade was authorized to put the army into winter quarters, and he could remain in his present quarters, or, for convenience in supplying it, he could occupy ground north of the Rappahannock. Meade decided to occupy the ground already held by us, and with slight changes the troops were put into winter quarters. The 1st corps, in advance, and nearest the Rapidan River, connected on the right and left with the 6th and 3d corps, with headquarters at Culpeper Court House; the 6th swung around to the right, with headquarters at Welford House; the 3d was on the left, with headquarters near Culpeper; the 2d was still further to the left, with headquarters at Stevensburg; the 5th was in the rear, and had guards along the railroad from Rappahannock Station to Bull Run, with corps headquarters at Rappahannock Station. Camp guards were established; also extensive picket lines, heavily supported by reserves. Outside of these infantry lines was a long cordon of cavalry vedettes, unbroken except at one place, where an infantry picket was maintained on the line of the cavalry outposts. This was at Mitchell's Station. For a short time there were two brigades of infantry, but one was withdrawn early in the winter. The brigade occupying the line with cavalry vedettes was 1st brigade, 2d division, 1st corps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
