Fisher Hill Battlefield Looking Up Valley of Tumbling Run, Westerly
Identifier:
028394
Collection Number:
Biscoe
Title:
Fisher Hill Battlefield Looking Up Valley of Tumbling Run, Westerly
Date:
1884/07/28
Creator:
Biscoe, Thomas and Walter
Description:
'88.D.(54); July 28, 1884, Monday 5.30 pm; Misty and very dark; The right of the picture is ground occupied by Sheridan. The left by Confed. army. The R.R. embankment can be detected running left to right just in front of the houses. The Mts. in the distance are those along which the flank movement of Gen. Crook was made, by which about 4 p.m. he came upon the left rear of the Confed. over beyond the R.R. On the left in mid-distance is the field occupied by Gordon which No's 85, 86 were taken.'
Subjects:
Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864., Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864., Photographers Collections--Biscoe, Thomas, and Walter.
Personal Names:
Wharton, Gabriel Colvin, 1824-1906., Crook, George, 1829-1890.
Geographic:
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields.
