. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ^^;. rtlGMT, fjtl, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. BACK TO THE OLD BASE White House Landing, on the Pamunkey River, bustles with life in June, 1804. Once more, just before the battle of Cold Harbor,McClellans old headquarters at the outset of the Peninsula Campaign of 62 springs into great activity. River steamers and bargesdischarge their cargoes for the army that is again endeavoring to drive Lee across the Chickahominy and back upon Richmond. Grantsmain reliance was upon the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ^^;. rtlGMT, fjtl, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. BACK TO THE OLD BASE White House Landing, on the Pamunkey River, bustles with life in June, 1804. Once more, just before the battle of Cold Harbor,McClellans old headquarters at the outset of the Peninsula Campaign of 62 springs into great activity. River steamers and bargesdischarge their cargoes for the army that is again endeavoring to drive Lee across the Chickahominy and back upon Richmond. Grantsmain reliance was upon the inexhaustible supplies which lay at the command of the North. He knew well that the decimated and im-poverished South could not long hold out against the hammering which the greater abundance of Federal money and men madeit possible for him to keep up. Hence, without haste but without rest, he attacked Lee upon every occasion and under all conditions,aware that his own losses, even if the greater, could be made up, while those of his antagonist could not. He beheved that this wasthe surest and speediest way to end the war, an
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