. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . FOURTEENTH IOWA VETERANSAT LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND, IN 1862, ON THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM In the battle of Shiloh the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry formed part of that self-constituted forlorn hope whichmade the victory of April 7, 1862, possible. It held the center at the Hornets Nest, fighting the live-longday against fearful odds. Just as the sun was setting, Colonel William T. Shaw, seeing that he was surroundedand further resistance useless, surrendered the regime
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . FOURTEENTH IOWA VETERANSAT LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND, IN 1862, ON THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM In the battle of Shiloh the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry formed part of that self-constituted forlorn hope whichmade the victory of April 7, 1862, possible. It held the center at the Hornets Nest, fighting the live-longday against fearful odds. Just as the sun was setting, Colonel William T. Shaw, seeing that he was surroundedand further resistance useless, surrendered the regiment. These officers and men were held as prisoners of waruntil October 12, 1862, when, moving by Richmond, Virginia, and Annapolis, Maryland, they went to BentonBarracks, Missouri, being released on parole, and were declared exchanged on the 19th of November. Thisphotograph was taken while they were held at Richmond, opposite the cook-houses of Libby Prison. Thethird man from the left in the front row, standing with his hand grasping the lapel of his coat, is GeorgeMarion Smith, a descendant of General Marion of Revolutionary fame.
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