. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . road, attacking Richardson, whose lines were north ofit and were using the emliankment as a fortification. Long-streets men were south of the railroad. The firing washeavy all along this line, the opi)osing forces being not morethan fifty yards from each other. For an hour and a half themusketry fire was intensely heavy. It was, indeed, a continu-ous roar. The line of gray could not withstand the gallingfire and for the first time that day fell back. But the Unionline
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . road, attacking Richardson, whose lines were north ofit and were using the emliankment as a fortification. Long-streets men were south of the railroad. The firing washeavy all along this line, the opi)osing forces being not morethan fifty yards from each other. For an hour and a half themusketry fire was intensely heavy. It was, indeed, a continu-ous roar. The line of gray could not withstand the gallingfire and for the first time that day fell back. But the Unionline had been broken, too. A brief hdl ensued. Both sideswere gathering themselves for another onslaught. It was thenthat there were heard loud shouts from the east of the railroad. There, coming through the woods, was a large body ofFederal trooj)s. They were the men of Hooker. They formeda magnificent body of soldiers and seemed eager for the in on the Williamsburg road they raj^idly deployedto the right and the left. In front of them was an ojjen field,with a thick Avood on the other side. The Confederates had. Pith. Co. AIMING THE GUNS AT FAIR OAKS. Here we see the beginning of the hill in the fighting of thesecond day at Fair Oaks, which it has been asserted led to a fataldelay and the ruin of ilcClcUans Peninsula Campaign. Thefirst days battle at Fair Oaks, May 31, 18G2, was decidedly aFederal reverse which would have developed into a rout had notSumner, crossing his troops onthe perilous Grapevine Bridge,come up in time to rally theretreating men. Here wesee some of them withinthe entrenchments at FairOaks Station on the Rich-mond & York River Rail-road. The order will sooncome to cease firing at theend of the second days fight-ing, the result of which was todrive the Confederates back toRichmond. McClellan did notpursue. The heavy rainstormon the night of May 30th hadmade the movement of artil-lery extremely difficult, andMcClellan waited to complete t
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