. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . FAR OFF THE RIVER LAY ANTTETAM CREEK IN 1863 BURNSIDES BRIDGE—WHERE FIGHTING RAGED Thus the placid stream flowed on to join the far Potomac after the sanguinary battle sung by Gass-away in The Pride of Battery B. In neither the white sunlight falling upon the pillars nor thecool reflection of the foliage is there a suggestion of the death and wounds suffered by nearly 25,000men in Blue and Gray. Around this very spot some of the hottest fighting raged. Along the hillson either side of the stream were ranged hundreds of guns. All th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . FAR OFF THE RIVER LAY ANTTETAM CREEK IN 1863 BURNSIDES BRIDGE—WHERE FIGHTING RAGED Thus the placid stream flowed on to join the far Potomac after the sanguinary battle sung by Gass-away in The Pride of Battery B. In neither the white sunlight falling upon the pillars nor thecool reflection of the foliage is there a suggestion of the death and wounds suffered by nearly 25,000men in Blue and Gray. Around this very spot some of the hottest fighting raged. Along the hillson either side of the stream were ranged hundreds of guns. All through the first day of the battle,September 16, 1862, they volleyed and thundered at each other across the narrow valley. BothUnion and Confederate armies were well supplied with artillery, which was so well served that everyone tried to keep behind the crests of the ridges. At the termination of this long-continued duel, theincident of little Janes visit to the Union battery is described by Gassaway as occurring in the vicin-ity of the peaceful scene here
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