. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . ed, after one of the hardestand strangest combats that militaryhistory has ever recorded. The Unionranks were so demoralized that theyretreated without orders and strag-gled back to Washington, although astrong stand might have turned thetide of battle. The Union loss was 481killed; 2,471 wounded and missing,besides 27 cannon and 4,000 Confederate loss was 378 killed;1,489 wounded and missing. Bradyscameras were soon on the field. Hedid not reach it in time, however, tosecure pictures of th
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . ed, after one of the hardestand strangest combats that militaryhistory has ever recorded. The Unionranks were so demoralized that theyretreated without orders and strag-gled back to Washington, although astrong stand might have turned thetide of battle. The Union loss was 481killed; 2,471 wounded and missing,besides 27 cannon and 4,000 Confederate loss was 378 killed;1,489 wounded and missing. Bradyscameras were soon on the field. Hedid not reach it in time, however, tosecure pictures of the righting of his negatives shows the his-toric stream of Bull Run along whichthe battle occurred. Another negativeshows the field over which the hardestfighting took place. A third negativeis that of Sudley Church, which wasthe main hospital after the was here that, after a long detour,the Union forces found a vulnerablepoint and crossed to meet the secured a negative of Fair-fax Court House, one of the outpostsof the Confederacy, in this SUDLEYS CHURCH AND FORD AT BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD OF BULL RUN IN 1861 THE man behind the gun riskshis life on his faith in the am-munition train to keep himsupplied with powder andshell. An old warrior estimates thatan army of 60,000 men, comprising afair average of infantry, cavalry, artil-lery and engineers must be providedwith no less than 18,000,000 ball car-tridges for small arms, rifles, muskets,carbines and pistols for six monthsoperation. In the field an infantrysoldier usually carries about sixtyrounds. The lives of the men dependupon the promptness of the ammuni-tion trains. To supply these 60,000men requires one thousand ammuni-tion wagons and 3,600 horses. Thewagon constructed for this servicewill carry 20,000 rounds of small-armmunition. The cartridges are packedin boxes and the wagon is generallydrawn by four to six horses or wagons are organized into anequipment. mov
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