. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER AND HIS FAVORITE HORSE AT ANTIETAM SCOUTS AND GUIDES WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. PICKETS IN THE LEAD OF THE ARMY IN 1862 THE scouts and guides of the Civil War saved the armies from manydefeats by their shrewdness and bravery. Upon them rested thegreat responsibility of leading the soldiers through the unknowncountry to advantageous and safe positions. During the Penin-sula campaign in 1862 a group of these men sat before one of Bradyscameras. A photograph was also secured at a
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER AND HIS FAVORITE HORSE AT ANTIETAM SCOUTS AND GUIDES WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. PICKETS IN THE LEAD OF THE ARMY IN 1862 THE scouts and guides of the Civil War saved the armies from manydefeats by their shrewdness and bravery. Upon them rested thegreat responsibility of leading the soldiers through the unknowncountry to advantageous and safe positions. During the Penin-sula campaign in 1862 a group of these men sat before one of Bradyscameras. A photograph was also secured at a reserve picket station nearthe Potomac. The advance picket was a short distance ahead and uponthe approach of the enemy began firing, and gradually fell back on thesereserves, who keep up a continuous fire as they retire slowly, fighting asthey go, giving time for the army to form into line for battle. Aboutthis same time an excellent picture was secured of Fighting Joe Hookerstanding beside his horse. Hooker was seriously wounded at Antietamand borne from the field. Still another photograph shown here is theSunken Road or Bloody Lane at Antietam, in which the Confederatedead lay three deep
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