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Retreat into Virginia

March 8, 2012 By crossroads

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Union General Philip Sheridan followed Confederate General Jubal Early's retreat back across the Potomac River, and established his headquarters in Harpers Ferry, in what is now known as the Lockwood House, in early August 1864 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 3, 1864; J.E. Taylor, artist; courtesy of Princeton University Library)General George Custer's 3rd Cavalry Division passing through Harpers Ferry, August 7, 1864, to join Sheridan's forces on Bolivar Heights (James E. Taylor, artist; MOLLUS-MASS Collection, U.S. Army Military History Institute)Union cavalry marching out of the fortifications of Harpers Ferry, c. August, 1864 (Alfred R. Waud, artist; Library of Congress)A skirmish between Early's and Sheridan's forces on August 21, 1864 at Summit Point, seven miles from Charlestown (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 17, 1864; J.E. Taylor, artist; courtesy of Princeton University Library)Federal soldiers retreating through Charlestown, August 21, 1864 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 17, 1864; J.E. Taylor, artist; courtesy of Princeton University Library)Union cavalry protecting General Sheridan's army as it retreats through Charlestown in August 1864 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 17,1864; J.E. Taylor, artist; courtesy of Princeton University Library)The Union lines on Jackson's Hill, near Harpers Ferry (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 17,1864; J.E. Taylor, artist; courtesy of Princeton University Library)Union General Ulysses S. Grant meeting with General Philip Sheridan in Charlestown on September 16, 1864, to plan Sheridan's ensuing attack on Confederate General Jubal Early's army (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 17,1864; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

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