. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . 7^. - Q>f?MJN 907 by ] PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT YORKTOWN OF MCCLELLAN AND HIS OFFICERS ]N l862 BRADYS cameras took anactive part in the campaignabout Richmond, the Cap-ital of the Confederacy. Fourof the old negatives are here re-produced. The first is a view oflight field-works on the Chickahom-iny, near Fair Oaks. The men areat the guns ready to receive the attackand the infantry are hurrying intoline on the right and left of the bat-tery. The second photograph iswhere the battle raged hottest
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . 7^. - Q>f?MJN 907 by ] PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT YORKTOWN OF MCCLELLAN AND HIS OFFICERS ]N l862 BRADYS cameras took anactive part in the campaignabout Richmond, the Cap-ital of the Confederacy. Fourof the old negatives are here re-produced. The first is a view oflight field-works on the Chickahom-iny, near Fair Oaks. The men areat the guns ready to receive the attackand the infantry are hurrying intoline on the right and left of the bat-tery. The second photograph iswhere the battle raged hottest inJune, 1862. In the rear of the bat-tery of howitzers in the foreground,is the left of Sickles brigade in lineof battle. Near the twin houses,seen still further in the rear, the bod-ies of over 400 Union soldiers wereburied after the battle. The Confed-erate loss was 7,907 men killed,wounded and missing; the Unionloss, 5,739. The headquarters of thearmy, at the opening of the sevendays fight, was at Savage Station,where vast amounts of rations,forage, ammunition and hospitalstores were dis
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