. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ljr §>injeB of Hirkaburg auft fort ijitftemt * campaign. It continued for seven or eight hours. The Con-federates were defeated with a loss of nearly all their artilleryand about half their force, including four thousand men whowere cut off from the main army and failed to rejoin it. Onthe banks of the Big Black River, a few miles westward, theConfederates made another stand, and here the fifth hattle ofthe investment of Vicksburg took place. It was short
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ljr §>injeB of Hirkaburg auft fort ijitftemt * campaign. It continued for seven or eight hours. The Con-federates were defeated with a loss of nearly all their artilleryand about half their force, including four thousand men whowere cut off from the main army and failed to rejoin it. Onthe banks of the Big Black River, a few miles westward, theConfederates made another stand, and here the fifth hattle ofthe investment of Vicksburg took place. It was short, sharp,decisive. The Confederates suffered heavy losses and the re-mainder hastened to the defenses of Vicksburg. They had setfire to the bridge across the Big Black, and Grants army wasdetained for a day—until the Confederates were safely lodgedin the city. The Federal army now invested Vicksburg, occupying thesurrounding hills. It was May 18th when the remarkablecampaign to reach Vicksburg came to an end. In eighteendays, the army had marched one hundred and eighty milesthrough a hostile country, fought and won five battles,
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