. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . w#»i<tei(H»^. COPVfiltiHT, 1911, flEView Of fI£vlC/>S LQ. Till: (;ate to thI; Mississirii The handwriting is that of Snrgeon Hixl).v. of llio Union hospital sliip Rcil Kovcr. In his alhnni he pasli-d tliis nnicpicpliotograph from the western shore of the rivt-r where llie Federal f,nns and mortars threw a thonsaml shells into Viekslmrf,during the siege. The prominent building is the eo\irthonse. the ehief landmark cluring the investment. Here at Viekshnrgthe Con
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . w#»i<tei(H»^. COPVfiltiHT, 1911, flEView Of fI£vlC/>S LQ. Till: (;ate to thI; Mississirii The handwriting is that of Snrgeon Hixl).v. of llio Union hospital sliip Rcil Kovcr. In his alhnni he pasli-d tliis nnicpicpliotograph from the western shore of the rivt-r where llie Federal f,nns and mortars threw a thonsaml shells into Viekslmrf,during the siege. The prominent building is the eo\irthonse. the ehief landmark cluring the investment. Here at Viekshnrgthe Confederates were making their last brave stand for the of the Mississippi River, that griat artery oftrafBe. If it were wre ted from th<m the main source of their sui) would be cut off. Iembertcm, a brave and eajjableotBccrand a Pennsylvanian bv birth, worked imremittingly for the eause he Warned by the atlaeksof General Williams and Adnural Karragnt, he had left no ,stone unturned to render \ieksl)urg strongly defended. It impregnable to attack on the north and , and the power
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