. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LINING UP FOR RATIONS FROM THE CONQUERORS Capture was not an unmixed evil for the Confederate soldiers in the Wilderness campaign. The Armyof Northern Virginia had already taken up a hole in its belt on account of the failure of supplies; but theUnion troops were plentifully supplied with wagon-trains, and the men in gray who were captured neartheir base of supplies at Belle Plain were sure at least of a good meal. The Confederate prisoners hereshown were captured at
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LINING UP FOR RATIONS FROM THE CONQUERORS Capture was not an unmixed evil for the Confederate soldiers in the Wilderness campaign. The Armyof Northern Virginia had already taken up a hole in its belt on account of the failure of supplies; but theUnion troops were plentifully supplied with wagon-trains, and the men in gray who were captured neartheir base of supplies at Belle Plain were sure at least of a good meal. The Confederate prisoners hereshown were captured at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864, by the Second Corps under General Hancock. Theywere taken to Belle Plain, where they found not only a Union brigade left to guard them but a brigade [164] 9)^^:^^It. ii
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