. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . (EASE FIRING Cuiiyright bu Palriol Iub. Cu- Here we see the boginninii of the lull in the fighting of thesecond day at Fair Oaks, wliich it has been asserted led to a fataldelay ami the ruin of MeCU-Uans Peninsula Campaign. Thefirst days battle at Fair Oaks, May 31, ISOS, was decidedly aFederal reverse which would have developed into a rout had notSumner, crossing his troops onthe perilous Grapevine Bridge,come up in time to rally theretreating men. Here wesee some of them withinthe entrenchments at FairOaks Station on the Rich-mon

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . (EASE FIRING Cuiiyright bu Palriol Iub. Cu- Here we see the boginninii of the lull in the fighting of thesecond day at Fair Oaks, wliich it has been asserted led to a fataldelay ami the ruin of MeCU-Uans Peninsula Campaign. Thefirst days battle at Fair Oaks, May 31, ISOS, was decidedly aFederal reverse which would have developed into a rout had notSumner, crossing his troops onthe perilous Grapevine Bridge,come up in time to rally theretreating men. Here wesee some of them withinthe entrenchments at FairOaks Station on the Rich-mond & York River Rail-road. The order has justcome to cease firing at theend of the second days fight-ing, the result of which was todrive the Confederates liac-ktoRichmond. -McChllau did notpursue. The lica\ y rainstormon the night of .May .50th hadmade the movement of artil-lery extremelv difficult, andMcClellan waited to complete FORT SUMNER, the bridges and build entrenchments before delay gave the Confederates time to reorganize tlieir

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