. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THr: FAH-STi;|-;rcilI\(; r;_\\ l . < ■ I-anding.) Three quarters of a mile from the lauding, looking north toward theriver. The distance is obscured by the haze of smoke from thousandsof camp-fires. Every bit of dried wood had been collected and consumed,and standing timber was felled in all directions. wHi:i;i; si i-plies were landed at Cumberland. The south bank of the Pamunkey, looking northwest across the lower this bend of the river w
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THr: FAH-STi;|-;rcilI\(; r;_\\ l . < ■ I-anding.) Three quarters of a mile from the lauding, looking north toward theriver. The distance is obscured by the haze of smoke from thousandsof camp-fires. Every bit of dried wood had been collected and consumed,and standing timber was felled in all directions. wHi:i;i; si i-plies were landed at Cumberland. The south bank of the Pamunkey, looking northwest across the lower this bend of the river was gathered the nondescript fleet of transports,steamers, bargi^.s, and schooners that convened Federal army supplies upto this point from Fortress Monroe, via York HEADQUARTERS UNDER CANVAS. (Cumberland. May, 1S62.)A photograph from a trer-tnp. Although a long distance from home. Mc-Clellans army presented in the early days of its march up the Peninsulamuch of the panoply of war. The camera caught a cluster of officers tents,probably the headquarters of a division or corps. 1 2-4 1 Copyright by Piitriot Pub. THE BANKS OF THE PAMUNKEY. (Looking south from Cum-berland Landing.) The ground here slopes down directly to the supplies for the camps farther up the river were hauled along a well-traveled road which bisected this stretch of encampment. This road, calledNew Kent Road, was the main highway of the region and led to Richmond,
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