. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WELL-EQUIPPED AMBULANCE BEARERS OF THE ARMY OF THEPOTOMAC, 1862—DRILL IN REMOVING WOUNDED. REMOVING THE WOUNDED FROM MARYES HEIGHTS, MAY 2, 1864 This spirited scene of mercy followed close on the assault and capture of the famous Stone Wall at Frcdcricksl)urs, May 2, ambulances belong to the Fifty-seventh New York, which suffered a terrible loss when it lielped, as a part of Sedgwicks Corps,to carry Marycs Heights. Out of one hundred and ninety-two men engage
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WELL-EQUIPPED AMBULANCE BEARERS OF THE ARMY OF THEPOTOMAC, 1862—DRILL IN REMOVING WOUNDED. REMOVING THE WOUNDED FROM MARYES HEIGHTS, MAY 2, 1864 This spirited scene of mercy followed close on the assault and capture of the famous Stone Wall at Frcdcricksl)urs, May 2, ambulances belong to the Fifty-seventh New York, which suffered a terrible loss when it lielped, as a part of Sedgwicks Corps,to carry Marycs Heights. Out of one hundred and ninety-two men engaged, eight were killed, seventy-eight were woimded, and onewas reported missing, a loss of forty-five per cent. Then the ambulance train was rushed to the front. Within half an hour all thewounded were in the field hospitals. The corps still had many of the short, sharply tilting, jolting two-wheeled ambulances whose[ 208 1 t&1§?^?^-.,.,
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