. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THLCilY Li TLM .. Iht Arm> ot th lotoma. n< .imp. .1 ui nadiness for the forward movement on Richmond. These comfortable canvashouses w^ere transported by the army wagons. The Confederates had nosuch complete shelter during the spring of 1862, which was remarkable forthe inclemency of the weather. HEAD{jL ARTLR^ Ul GLNLRAL MtCLELLAN. House unthe Pamunkey.) This house, the residence of W. H. F. Lee, son of Gen-eral R. E. Lee, looked east over the river, which flows south at this was burned in June, 1S62, when t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THLCilY Li TLM .. Iht Arm> ot th lotoma. n< .imp. .1 ui nadiness for the forward movement on Richmond. These comfortable canvashouses w^ere transported by the army wagons. The Confederates had nosuch complete shelter during the spring of 1862, which was remarkable forthe inclemency of the weather. HEAD{jL ARTLR^ Ul GLNLRAL MtCLELLAN. House unthe Pamunkey.) This house, the residence of W. H. F. Lee, son of Gen-eral R. E. Lee, looked east over the river, which flows south at this was burned in June, 1S62, when the Federal army base was changed tothe James River by order of General In May, 1862, the news spreadthroughout Richmond that a Federalfleet of ironclads, led by the dreadMonitor, was advancing up the JamesRiver. Panic at once seized upon theConfederate capital. The Governmentarchives were shipped to Columbia,South Carolina, and every prepara-tion was made to evacuate the cityshould the expedition against it suc-ceed in passing up the James. Mean-wliik the Confederate forces wereworking at Drewrys Bluff to estab-lish a battery that would command therivei. Earthworks were thrown upami guns were hastily gotten seven miles below vessels were sunk in thechannel; torpedoes were anchored,and every possible obstruction op-posed to the approaching the Monitor and the Galetiaarrived they did not attempt to runthe gantlet, and Richmond breathedfreely again. These works ultimatelyformed p\irt Darling. THE FORT STOPPED A PANIC In the foreground of the picture wesee what a mass of missiles werehurled into the fort, a
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