. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPVRICMT, mi, P*THiCT PUB THE DETAINED GUNS Fredericksburg, Feljruary, 1803. In the furegromiil, luukiiig fromwhat is approximately the same position as the opening picture,are three guns of Tylers Connecticut battery. It was from allalong this ridge that the town had suffered its bombardmentin December of the previousyear. Again the armies wen-separated by the Rappahan-nock River. There was a newcommander at the head of tli<Army of the Potomac—Gen-eral Hooker. Th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPVRICMT, mi, P*THiCT PUB THE DETAINED GUNS Fredericksburg, Feljruary, 1803. In the furegromiil, luukiiig fromwhat is approximately the same position as the opening picture,are three guns of Tylers Connecticut battery. It was from allalong this ridge that the town had suffered its bombardmentin December of the previousyear. Again the armies wen-separated by the Rappahan-nock River. There was a newcommander at the head of tli<Army of the Potomac—Gen-eral Hooker. The plunderedand deserted town now helilby the Confederates was to bemade the objective of anotherattack. The heights beyondwere once more to be assaulted;bridges were to be all to no purpose. Thisground of much contention wasdeserted some time before Leeadvanced to his invasion ofPennsylvania. Very slowly theinhabitants of Fredericksburf;. ha<l returned Lo their niineil homes. The town was a vastFederal cemetery, the dead being buried in gardens andbackyards, for during its occupancy almost every dwelling hadbeen turned into a tem|)orary hospital. .\fter the close cjf the war Ihcse bodies were gatheredand a National Cemetery wasestablished on Willis Hill,on Maryes Heights, the pointsuccessfully defended by Leesveterans. Heavy pontoon-boats, each onits separate wagon, were some-times as necessary as food orammunition. At every irapoi^tant crossing of the many riversthat had to be passed inthe Peninsula Campaign thebridges had been were few places wherethese streams were , therefore, made amost important adjunct lo the.\rmv of the Potomac. PONTOON-bOAls IN TRANSIT
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