. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . placed onthe Union battlements. A fire in the forest, which had beenl)urning for hours, and in which, it is estimated, about twohundred of the Federal wounded perished, w-as communicatedto the timber entrenchments, the heat and smoke drivins; intothe faces of the men on the Union side, and compelling themin some places to abandon the works. Hajicock made a gal-lant and heroic effort to re-form his lines and push the attack,and, as he rode along the lines, his inspirin
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . placed onthe Union battlements. A fire in the forest, which had beenl)urning for hours, and in which, it is estimated, about twohundred of the Federal wounded perished, w-as communicatedto the timber entrenchments, the heat and smoke drivins; intothe faces of the men on the Union side, and compelling themin some places to abandon the works. Hajicock made a gal-lant and heroic effort to re-form his lines and push the attack,and, as he rode along the lines, his inspiring presence elicitedcheer upon cheer from the men, but the troops had exhaustedtheir ammunition, the wagons were in the rear, and as nightwas approaching, further attack was abandoned. The contestended on the lines where it began. Later in the evening consternation swept the Federalcam]) when heavy firing was heard in the direction of Sedg-wicks corps, on the right. The report was current that theentire Sixth Corps had been attacked and broken. AVhat hadhappened was a surprise attack by the Confederates, May 18()4 ^ < lOT PUB CO A LOSS IN EFFECTIVE STRENGTH—WOUNDED AT FREDERICKSBURG Federal wounded in the Wilderness campaign, at Fredericksburg. Grant lost per cent, of his numbers engaged in the two daysbattles of the Wilderness alone. Lees loss was per cent. More than 24,000 of the Army of the Potomac and of the Army of North-em Virginia lay sufifering in those uninhabited thickets. There many of them died alone, and some perished in the horror of a forestfire on the night of May 5th. The Federals lost many gallant officers, among them the veteran Wadsworth. The Confederates lostGenerals Jenkins and Jones, killed, and suffered a staggering blow in the disabling of Longstreet. The series of battles of the Wilder-ness and Spotsylvania campaigns were more costly to the Federals than .tietam and Gettysburg combined.
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