. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . less pro-portionate loss of life. The repulse of Lee at Gettysburg, in18G3, was obtained at a cost of 23,000 casualties—3155 killed,14,529 wounded, 5365 missing—and at the end Lee marchedwith his army from the field of battle. The more comj)letevictory at Vicksburg, with the surrender of Pembertons entirearmy of 30,000 men, was obtained by Grant with a casualtylist of only 9362, including about 450 missing. Heavy as were the losses during the year which precededthe surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, they wereless than the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . less pro-portionate loss of life. The repulse of Lee at Gettysburg, in18G3, was obtained at a cost of 23,000 casualties—3155 killed,14,529 wounded, 5365 missing—and at the end Lee marchedwith his army from the field of battle. The more comj)letevictory at Vicksburg, with the surrender of Pembertons entirearmy of 30,000 men, was obtained by Grant with a casualtylist of only 9362, including about 450 missing. Heavy as were the losses during the year which precededthe surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, they wereless than the aggregate loss, including missing, of previouscommanders of the Armj^ of the Potomac in unsuccessful at-tempts to accomplish the same result in the same field. Grantstotal of killed and wounded was 19,597 less than the averagenumber killed and injured annually by the railroads of theLTnited States dvn-ing the four years ending 1910. Those who control the destiny of to-morrow are thosewho are the most apt in learning that, in great matters, it is mm nnn/?. BEFORE VICKSBURG The close-set mouth, s{[uared shoulders and lower-ing brow in this photograph of Grant, taken inDecember, 1862, tell the story of the intensity ofhis purpose while he was advancing upon Vicks-burg—only to be foiled by Van Dorns raid on hishne of communications at Holly Springs. Hisgrim expression and determined jaw betokened norespite for tlie Confederates, however. Six monthslater he marched into the coveted j)hotogiaph was taken by James Mullen atOxford, Mississippi, in December, 1862, just be-fore Van Dorns raid balked the generals plans. -\FTER VICKSBURG This photograph was taken in tlae fall of 1863,after the capture of the Confederacys Gibraltarhad raised Grant to secure and everlasting attitude is relaxed and his ejebrows no longermark a straight line across the grim visage. Theright brow is slightly arched with an almost jo\ialexpression. But the jaw is no less vigorous a
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