. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . lmost completely sur-rounded by tho fresh Confederate treop3, whichwore continually arriving, when ho was ordered toretire in front of Couchs division. Tho reinforcomonts which tho Federals had askedfrom Hointzohnan, early in Ibo action, not havingby this timo come up, Keyes ordered forward toCaseys assistance tho S
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . lmost completely sur-rounded by tho fresh Confederate treop3, whichwore continually arriving, when ho was ordered toretire in front of Couchs division. Tho reinforcomonts which tho Federals had askedfrom Hointzohnan, early in Ibo action, not havingby this timo come up, Keyes ordered forward toCaseys assistance tho Seventh .Massachusetts, thoFifty-fifth and Sixty-second Now York, and thoTwenty-third, Sixty-first, and Niuolj-third Penn-sylvania Regiments. All of these wore, howovcr,forced buck, by tho superior numbers against them,to tho position occupied at Fair Oaks Station byGeneral John Joehrnnos First United Statca Chas-seurs and tho Thirty-first Pennsylvania the earthworks, which had beon constructedby tho Federals, afforded relief to the hitter, andfrom thorn thoy woro for a whilo onabled to holdtho Confederates at bay. The Confederate batteries were, however, bo wellserved and ao strongly supported, that tho struggleproved useless, and the Federals had once more to. MISJ> SBJBAI1 C-MsALLS S1A1IO-V, VA,, Bel .1 cc.\ -> .,,.. STOAETS CONFEDERATE CAVALRY, J(: llUBt A SUTcn 11T WjL WiEft
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