. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ng over five hundredmen on the bloody field. Now the sound of battle began to grow fainter in frontof Fort Magruder. The Confederates were falling back be-hind its protecting walls. The Federal troops, wet and wearyand hungry, slept on the field with their fallen comrades, andHancock held undisputed sway during the starless night. But it was not too dark for Longstreets command toretreat once more in the direction of Richmond. It was a per-ilous road througli the flat
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ng over five hundredmen on the bloody field. Now the sound of battle began to grow fainter in frontof Fort Magruder. The Confederates were falling back be-hind its protecting walls. The Federal troops, wet and wearyand hungry, slept on the field with their fallen comrades, andHancock held undisputed sway during the starless night. But it was not too dark for Longstreets command toretreat once more in the direction of Richmond. It was a per-ilous road througli the flat, swampy lowlands, with rain fallingat every step of the way as they hastened toward the Chicka-hominy. The Union troops, too. had reason to rememberthis night as one of greatest suffering. The next morning dawned in all the beauty of early dead lay half buried in the mud. ]Many of the Moundedhad not j^et been taken to the hospitals. But Williamsburg,the ancient capital of the Old Dominion, soon echoed with thetread of the hostile army as it swept through its quaint streetsto the sound of martial music. [272] May. ^^ ^ «^ \f^^ii «* .>s
Size: 3261px × 767px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidphotographichist01mill
