. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Cnpiimihl I I I, CAMP LIFE OF THE INVADING ARMY This picture preserves for us the resplendent aspect of the cam]) of McClellans Army of the Potomac inthe spring of ISdi. On his march from Yorktown toward Richmond, McCIeUan advanced his supply basefrom Cumberland Landing to White House on the Pamunkey. The barren fields on the bank of the riverwere con\erted as if by magic into an immense city of tents stretching away as far as the eye could see,while mirrored in the river lay the immense fleet of transports convoyed up by gunboats

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Cnpiimihl I I I, CAMP LIFE OF THE INVADING ARMY This picture preserves for us the resplendent aspect of the cam]) of McClellans Army of the Potomac inthe spring of ISdi. On his march from Yorktown toward Richmond, McCIeUan advanced his supply basefrom Cumberland Landing to White House on the Pamunkey. The barren fields on the bank of the riverwere con\erted as if by magic into an immense city of tents stretching away as far as the eye could see,while mirrored in the river lay the immense fleet of transports convoyed up by gunboats from FortressMonroe. Here we see but a small section of this inspiring view. In the foreground, around the mud-spatteredforge, the blankets and knapsacks of the farriers have been thrown carelessly on the ground. Farther on tliepatient army mules are tethered around the wagons. In the background, before the camp of the FifthNew York Volunteers (Duryees Zouaves), a regiment of infantry is drawn up in columns of companies forinspection drill. From the 15th to

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