8085 Civil War Trails Sign at Conococheague Aqueduct - Williamsport, MD : 無料・フリー素材/写真
8085 Civil War Trails Sign at Conococheague Aqueduct - Williamsport, MD / lcm1863
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| 説明 | Gettysburg Campaign, July 1863Williamsport - The Beginning and the EndOn June 15, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s second invasion of the North began here as 2,000 of Gen. Albert G. Jenkins’s infantrymen splashed across the Potomac River. For the next eleven days, almost 50,000 soldiers under Gens. James Longstreet and A.P. Hill entered Maryland here at Williamsport. Hungry Confederates temporarily occupied the town, and many residents welcomed them with tables in the streets loaded with milk, bread, and meat. Less than a month later, Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, reeling from the defeat at Gettysburg, returned. The first of the wounded arrived on July 5, the day after the battle ended, but were trapped here by the rain-swollen river. Williamsport became a “great hospital for the thousands of wounded,” according to Confederate Gen. John B. Imboden, who ordered every family in town to cook for the casualties. Ferryboats soon began transporting the army across the river as Union signal corpsmen watched, and by July 14, most of the soldiers had left Maryland behind. Even after the water subsided, however, the current remained swift. The tallest men formed two lines from shore to shore with their guns interlocked to mark a strong and stable line. Despite their efforts, ammunition was soaked and Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s corps lost 8,000 pairs of shoes to the rushing waters." -------------------------------------------------------Eleven aqueducts were built from Georgetown to Cumberland to carry water over water. The aqueducts, literally water bridges, carried the canal over the large streams and rivers flowing into the Potomac River.This particular aqueduct was completed in 1834. A portion of it's wall fell in 1920; it was repaired with a wooden wall and continued in use until a flood closed the canal in 1924.A spot of more historic importance is located along the adjacent towpath - this is the spot were Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac in its march north that would culminate in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-07-08 00:00:45 |
| 撮影者 | lcm1863 |
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