. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . two armies busily plied with pick and spade and axe. In an incredibly shoi-t time, as if by magic, impregnablebastioned Avorks began to loom about Petersburg. ]More thanthirty miles of frowning redoubts, connected with extendedbreastworks, strengthened by mortar batteries and field-worksof every description, lined the fields near the Appomattox. Infront were abatis—bushy entanglements and timber and parapets completed these cordons of offenseand
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . two armies busily plied with pick and spade and axe. In an incredibly shoi-t time, as if by magic, impregnablebastioned Avorks began to loom about Petersburg. ]More thanthirty miles of frowning redoubts, connected with extendedbreastworks, strengthened by mortar batteries and field-worksof every description, lined the fields near the Appomattox. Infront were abatis—bushy entanglements and timber and parapets completed these cordons of offenseand defense—the one constructed to keep the Federals out;the other to keep the Confederates in. So formidable werethe works, that only twice during the siege was there any seri-ous attempt made by either army upon the entrenchments ofthe other, and both assaults were failures. It was Grants purpose to extend his lines to the south andwest, until they would finally envelop Fees right flank, and thenstrike at the railroads, uj^on which the Confederate army andRichmond depended for supj^lies. On June 21st, two corps, [ 1!M 1.
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