. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . racy. Butprior to the unifying under Grant of the Federal militaryforce in JNIay. 1864, and subsecjuent to ^NlcClellans PeninsulaCampaign (with which Volume I closes), the actions form averitable tug-of-war, a giant struggle of veteran armies,the result of which no contemj)orary observer could is the period co\ered by the present volume—the com-bats of matched armies, while Inderal and Confederate hopedalike, each praying for the triumiih of the cause t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . racy. Butprior to the unifying under Grant of the Federal militaryforce in JNIay. 1864, and subsecjuent to ^NlcClellans PeninsulaCampaign (with which Volume I closes), the actions form averitable tug-of-war, a giant struggle of veteran armies,the result of which no contemj)orary observer could is the period co\ered by the present volume—the com-bats of matched armies, while Inderal and Confederate hopedalike, each praying for the triumiih of the cause to which hehad pledged his soul and body. Each of the remaining seven volumes of The Photo-graphic History—lY to X—deals with a special side ofthe conflict: cavalry, soldier life, the navy, forts and artillery,prisons and hospitals, with other important phases beingseparately treated. PART ITHE RISE OF LEE CEDAR MOUNTAIN—POPESADVANCE IS CHECKED H^^^. ^ i^ * ^^^^ :..:- ^«y^^ ^fllJHpt v9 ^^^^^^^^^^^tl^^B ft^SIM^ i -«>- PICKETS ON RESERVE—ACROSS THIS WHEATFIELDTHE UNION CHARGE WAS SWEPT BACK BYstonewall JACKSON. WHERE THE COMMANDER HEARD JHE CANNONADING The Tliidsoii farmhouse, with its mossy shingles, vines, and aged locust trees, suggests anytlnng but thestorm-center of a nation at war. Yet it was here that General John Pope set up his headquarters while hiseight thousand trained soldiers under General Banks sped toward Gordonsville, to strike the first blow ofwhat the new general had promised would be a series of victories. As this i)icture was taken, the NewYork Herald wagon stands plainly in view to the left of the porch; the newspaper correspondents preparedto despatch big stories. John Pope was the leader whose swift success in capturing New Madrid and CO. POPES HEADQUARTERS DURING THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN Island Number Ten in the Mississippi campaign formed a brilliant contrast, in the popular mind, to the failureof the Eastern armies in their at
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