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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CONFEDERATE PRISONERS WAITING FOR THE RAILROAD TRAINCHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE 1864 At the liattle of Chattanooga the Army of the Cumberland under General Thomas assailed the field-worksat the foot of Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863, and captured them at the point of the liayonet. Then,without orders, the troops, eager to wipe out the memory of Chickamauga, jjressed gallantly on up the ridge,heedless of the deadly fire belched into their very faces, and overran the works at the sunnnit like a torrent,capturing thirty-five guns and prisoners wholesale. As this photograph was taken, some of the Confederateprisoners were standing at the railroad depot awaiting transportation to the prisons in the North. Theresuch bodies were usually guarded by partially disabled soldiers organized as the Veteran Reserve Corps.They had more to eat than the Northern prisoners in the South, yet often less tlian the amount to whichthey were entitled by the army regidations. In the South, during the last years o

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