. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . fine play of an hour not a musket was fired. The army of hlueremained motionless. Then the mass of gray moved acrossthe field and from the Union guns the long tongues of flamedarted into the ranks before them. The charge was met withvigor and soon the battle raged over the entire field. Bothsides stood their ground till darkness again closed the contest,and nearly eight hundred brave men had fallen in this Sabbathevenings battle. Before midnigh
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . fine play of an hour not a musket was fired. The army of hlueremained motionless. Then the mass of gray moved acrossthe field and from the Union guns the long tongues of flamedarted into the ranks before them. The charge was met withvigor and soon the battle raged over the entire field. Bothsides stood their ground till darkness again closed the contest,and nearly eight hundred brave men had fallen in this Sabbathevenings battle. Before midnight Sumner had withdrawn hismen and was following after the wagon trains. The Confederates were pursuing McClellans army in twocolumns, Jackson closely following Sumner, while Longstreetwas trying to cut off the Union forces by a flank the last day of June, at high noon, Jackson reached theWhite Oak Swamp. But the bridge was gone. He attemptedto ford the passage, but the Union troops were there to preventit. While Jackson was trying to force his way across thestream, there came to him the sound of a desperate battle heing. HEROES OF MALVERN HILL Brigadier-General J. H. Martindale (seated) and his staff, July 1, 1862. Fitz John Porters Fifth Corps and Couchs division, FourthCorps, bore the brunt of battle at Malvern Hill where the troops of McClellan withstood the terrific attacks of Lees combined andsuperior forces. Fiery Prince John Magruder hurled column after column against the left of the Federal line, but every chargewas met and repulsed through the long hut summer afternoon. Martindales brigade of the Fifth Corps was early called into action,and its commander, by the gallant fighting of his troops, won the brevet of Major-General.
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