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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
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owland, pressed up the hillside at fearful sacrifice and pushedagainst the Union front. It was a death grajjple for themastery of the field. General Lee, sitting on his horse onan eminence where he could observe the progress of the battle,saw, coming down the road, General Hood, of Jacksons corps,who was bringing his brigade into the fight. Riding forwardto meet him, Lee directed that he should try to break the line.Hood, disposing his men for the attack, sent them forward,but. reserving the Fourth Texas for his immediate conmaand,he marched it into an open field, halted, and addressed it. giv-ing instructions that no man should fire until ordered and thatall should keep together in line. The forward march was sounded, and the intrepid Hood,leading his men, started for the Union breastworks eight hun-dred yards away. They moved at a rajjid pace across the open,under a continually increasing shower of shot and shell. Atevery step the ranks grew thinner and thinner. As they (328) <^.
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Copyright by Patriot Pub. Co. THE TANGLED RETREAT Through this well-nigh impassable morass of White Oak Swamp, across a single long bridge, McClellans wagon trains were bemghurried the last days of June, 1862. On the morning of the SOth, the rear-guard of the army was hastily tramping after them, andby ten oclock had safely crossed and destroyed the bridge. They had escaped in the nick of time, for at noon Stonewall Jacksonopened fire upon Richardsons flivision and a terrific artillery battle ensued for the possession of this, the single crossing by which itwas possible to attack McClcllans rear. The Federal batteries were compelled to retire but Jacksons crossing was prevented onthat day liy the infantry.

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