. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . 96. Another camera was taken to the woods where the Union general, Mc-Pherson, was killed in Hoods second sortie outside of the city. The daring commanderrode directly into the enemys line, without knowledge of danger. An interesting pictureis that of the earth-works before Atlanta, during Hoods first sortie, in which the Unionlosses were 3,641, and the Confederate 8,499. The destruction that was wrought duringthe siege of Atlanta is perpetuated by many of these negatives. While the armies weremaking t
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . 96. Another camera was taken to the woods where the Union general, Mc-Pherson, was killed in Hoods second sortie outside of the city. The daring commanderrode directly into the enemys line, without knowledge of danger. An interesting pictureis that of the earth-works before Atlanta, during Hoods first sortie, in which the Unionlosses were 3,641, and the Confederate 8,499. The destruction that was wrought duringthe siege of Atlanta is perpetuated by many of these negatives. While the armies weremaking these decisive blows, the Kearsarge 3,000 miles away, met and sunk the Confeder-ate ship, Alabama, in the English Channel on Sunday morning, June 19, 1864. TheAlabama had been roaming the seas nearly two years, capturing and burning Americanmerchantmen. Another important naval conflict occured on the 5th of August when Ad-miral Farragut gained possession of Mobile Bay, Alabama, and the war cameras caughta picture of the rebel ram, Tennessee, the ironclad captured at that time by
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