. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . CONFEDERATE WORKS AFTER EVACUATION OF YORKTOWN ADVENTUROUS EUROPEAN NOBLEMEN WITH ARMY OF THE POTOMAC IN 1862. RUINS OF NORFOLK NAVY YARD IN 1862 FLYING ARTILLERY ON ROAD TO FAIR OAKS A FTER the evacuation of York-l\ town on the fourth of May,A. \~ in 1862, this picture wastaken. It shows the gen-erals of the Army of the Potomac infull uniforms after the hard siege,and at the very time when they weremaneuvering to drive back the Con-federates, forcing them to stand indefense of the Capital of the Confe
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . CONFEDERATE WORKS AFTER EVACUATION OF YORKTOWN ADVENTUROUS EUROPEAN NOBLEMEN WITH ARMY OF THE POTOMAC IN 1862. RUINS OF NORFOLK NAVY YARD IN 1862 FLYING ARTILLERY ON ROAD TO FAIR OAKS A FTER the evacuation of York-l\ town on the fourth of May,A. \~ in 1862, this picture wastaken. It shows the gen-erals of the Army of the Potomac infull uniforms after the hard siege,and at the very time when they weremaneuvering to drive back the Con-federates, forcing them to stand indefense of the Capital of the Confed-eracy—Richmond. It was throughthe personal friendship of Major-General McClellan that Brady wasallowed to take this rare warriors lined up in front of thecamera on the field at Yorktown. Inthe center is General McClellan—aman in whose veins flowed the bloodof Scotch cautiousness—Be sureyoure right, then go ahead! Hewas but thirty-six years of age whenhe held the great army under his con-trol. From boyhood he had been amilitary tactician. When twentyyears old he was graduated fromWest Point, standing second in hisclass, and distinguished himself forgallantry in the Mexican W
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