. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A GRIM CAPTURE The Second and Pixtli Corps of tlie Federal Army repelled a desperate attack of General IVIagruder at Sav-age Station on June ■29th. The next day they disappeared, plunging into the depths of White Oak Swani]),leaving only the brave medical oiEcers behind, doing what they could to relieve tlie sufferings of the menthat had to be abandoned. Here we see them at work uj^on the wounded, who have been gathered fromthe field. Nothing but the strict arrest of the stern sergeant Death can save these men from capture, andwhen
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A GRIM CAPTURE The Second and Pixtli Corps of tlie Federal Army repelled a desperate attack of General IVIagruder at Sav-age Station on June ■29th. The next day they disappeared, plunging into the depths of White Oak Swani]),leaving only the brave medical oiEcers behind, doing what they could to relieve tlie sufferings of the menthat had to be abandoned. Here we see them at work uj^on the wounded, who have been gathered fromthe field. Nothing but the strict arrest of the stern sergeant Death can save these men from capture, andwhen the Confederates occupied Savages Station on the morning of June 30th, twenty-five hundred sickand wounded men and their merlical attendants became prisoners of war. The Confederate hospital facil-ities were already taxed to their full capacity in caring for Lees wounded, and of these men wereconfronted on that day with the prospect of lingering for months in the military of the South. Tliebrave soldiers lying helpless here were wounded at
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