. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . nity toattack the Army of NorthernVirginia only behind strongentrenchments. But in theWilderness, Lees veterans, thebackbone of the Souths fight-ing strength, showed again theirunquenchable spirit of ag-gressiveness. They came forthto meet Grants men on equalterms in the thorny noon, May 5th. the still-ness was broken by the rattleof musketry and the roar ofartillery, which told that War-ren had met with resistance onthe turnpike and that theb
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . nity toattack the Army of NorthernVirginia only behind strongentrenchments. But in theWilderness, Lees veterans, thebackbone of the Souths fight-ing strength, showed again theirunquenchable spirit of ag-gressiveness. They came forthto meet Grants men on equalterms in the thorny noon, May 5th. the still-ness was broken by the rattleof musketry and the roar ofartillery, which told that War-ren had met with resistance onthe turnpike and that thebattle had begun. Nearly amile were Ewells men drivenback, and then they came mag-nificently on again, fightingfuriously in the smoke-filledthickets with Warrens nowretreating troops. Sedgwick,coming to the support ofWarren, renewed the the southward on the plankroad, Gettys division, of theSixth Corps, hard pressed bythe forces of A. P. Hill, wassuccored by Hancock with theSecond Corps, and togetherthese commanders achievedwhat seemed success. It wasbrief; Longstreet was close athand to save the day for ^ni lp lattb in % Wttfternrsa * *
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