. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . utbreak of theCivil War he left the South andoffered his services to the Union. I [ewas a colonel at the Battle of BullRun. After that battle, when theNorthern Army was reorganized,Sherman was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers and command-ed the Department of the Cumber-land. He demanded 200,000 men toreach the Gulf, but it was refused andhe was ordered into Missouri. Hewas for a time inactive but came tothe front again at Sbiloh in commandof a division under Grant. His brav-ery secured his pro
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . utbreak of theCivil War he left the South andoffered his services to the Union. I [ewas a colonel at the Battle of BullRun. After that battle, when theNorthern Army was reorganized,Sherman was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers and command-ed the Department of the Cumber-land. He demanded 200,000 men toreach the Gulf, but it was refused andhe was ordered into Missouri. Hewas for a time inactive but came tothe front again at Sbiloh in commandof a division under Grant. His brav-ery secured his promotion to Major-General and he became active in thecampaign around Vicksburg. Hethen entered into the MississippiCampaign and led the forces againstAtlanta, resulting in his famous marchto the sea. This photograph wastaken on the eighteenth day of July,in 1864, on the lines before was much interested in thenew science of photography andhe always protected the cameras. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE LINES BEFORE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IN 1S64 GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN AND STAFF. BATTLEFIELD OF PEACH TREE CREEK, GEORGIA, JULY 20, 1864—HOODS FIRST SORTIE NEAR ATLANTA WHERE GENERAL MCPHERSON WAS KILLED, JULY 22, 1864, NEAR ATLANTA—HOODS SECOND SORTIE
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