Cemetery Ridge, West of Middletown

Identifier:

028397

Collection Number:

Biscoe

Title:

Cemetery Ridge, West of Middletown

Date:

1884/07/30

Creator:

Biscoe, Thomas and Walter

Description:

'End of Sheridan's famous ride to battlefield of Cedar Creek looking North. The ridge on the left where the whole fenced cemetery stand was held for a while by our troops and then they were forced back parallel with the pike beyond Middletown, a few houses of which are seen on the right. At the first of them, on the right of the pike. Walter drew water from a well out in the field for the team. (62)D.101; July 30, 1884, Wednesday 12:45 pm'

Subjects:

Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864., Photographers Collections--Biscoe, Thomas, and Walter.

Personal Names:

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888.

Geographic:

Middletown (Va.), Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields.

Acquisition Source:

Marietta College

Acquisition Method:

Loan

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView