. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . battlefield to an im-provised hospital which consisted ofcanvas stretched over stakes driveninto the ground. A view is heregiven of one of these hospitals inwhich wounded Confederate prison-ers are being relieved of their suffer-ing. One of the most interesting ofthese photographs is Burnside fixed bayonets the Union sol-diers started on their mission of death,rushing over the slope leading to thebridge, and engaging in fierce combatwith the enemy. The fire that sweptic was more than they c
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . battlefield to an im-provised hospital which consisted ofcanvas stretched over stakes driveninto the ground. A view is heregiven of one of these hospitals inwhich wounded Confederate prison-ers are being relieved of their suffer-ing. One of the most interesting ofthese photographs is Burnside fixed bayonets the Union sol-diers started on their mission of death,rushing over the slope leading to thebridge, and engaging in fierce combatwith the enemy. The fire that sweptic was more than they could standand they were obliged to retire. Twoheavy guns were placed in positionand aimed upon the Confederates. Ina maddening charge, the bayonetsagain flashed in the light and theUnion soldiers swept everything be-fore them, planting the Stars andStripes on the opposite bank. Fivehundred of their men lay dead behindthem. By this time Burnside hadcrossed the stream and after a quickencounter the battle was ended withboth armies severely punished andneither inclined to resume the
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