. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . JOHNSTON AND LEE—A PHOTOGRAPH OF isoy. Copyriuht by Review vf Reviews Co. These men look enough alike to be brothers. They were so in arras, at West Point, in Mexico and throughout the war. GeneralJoseph E. Johnston (on the left), who had led the Confederate forces since Bull Run, was wounded at Fair Oaks. That wound gaveRobert E. Lee (on the right) his opportunity to act as leader. After Fair Oaks, Johnston retired from the command of the armydefending Richmond. The
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . JOHNSTON AND LEE—A PHOTOGRAPH OF isoy. Copyriuht by Review vf Reviews Co. These men look enough alike to be brothers. They were so in arras, at West Point, in Mexico and throughout the war. GeneralJoseph E. Johnston (on the left), who had led the Confederate forces since Bull Run, was wounded at Fair Oaks. That wound gaveRobert E. Lee (on the right) his opportunity to act as leader. After Fair Oaks, Johnston retired from the command of the armydefending Richmond. The new commander immediately grasped the possibilities of the situation which confronted him. Thepromptness and completeness with which he blighted McCIellans high hopes of reaching Richmond showed at one stroke that the Con-federacy had found its great general. It was only through much sifting that the North at last picked military leaders that couldrival him in the field.
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