. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . IHUTUGKAPH TAKEN FTEK THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE IN 1S63—MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER AND STAFF. THE retreat from Chancellors-ville began on the fourth ofMay, in 1863. In the midstof a pouring rain, with am-munition wagons and cavalry strug-gling hub-deep through the mud, theFederals moved back to the Rappa-hannock. The ponderous batteries,with heavy wheels wrapped in blan-kets, passed over the road. Thencame the ordnance supply trains,swathed in strips of cloth, followedby columns of hurrying infan
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . IHUTUGKAPH TAKEN FTEK THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE IN 1S63—MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER AND STAFF. THE retreat from Chancellors-ville began on the fourth ofMay, in 1863. In the midstof a pouring rain, with am-munition wagons and cavalry strug-gling hub-deep through the mud, theFederals moved back to the Rappa-hannock. The ponderous batteries,with heavy wheels wrapped in blan-kets, passed over the road. Thencame the ordnance supply trains,swathed in strips of cloth, followedby columns of hurrying the remainder of May, neitherof the armies assumed an offensiveattitude. Lee, now in high hopes, be-gan preparations for a second inva-sion in Maryland. Panic again seizedthe people of the North. Lin-coln called on Pennsylvania for 50,000militia; Ohio, 30,000; New York,20,000; Maryland and Virginia,10,000 each. The Army of the Poto-mac had lost all of its two years ser-vice men and its strength did notreach 100,000. The Confederacy hadbeen endeavoring for months to in-duce England to recognize it as a sep-arate nation, but learned that it mustfirst conquer Northern territory
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