. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FIRST TO FALL This photograph was taken back of the rail fence on the Hagerstown pike, where Stonewall Jacksons men attempted to rally inthe face of Hookers ferocious charge that opened the bloodiest day of the Civil War—September 17, 1862. Hooker, ad^ancing toseize high ground nearly three-quarters of a mile distant, had not gone far before the glint of the rising sun disclosed the bayonet-points of a large Confederate force standing in a cornfield in his immediate front. This was a part of Jacksons Corps which hadarrived duri
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FIRST TO FALL This photograph was taken back of the rail fence on the Hagerstown pike, where Stonewall Jacksons men attempted to rally inthe face of Hookers ferocious charge that opened the bloodiest day of the Civil War—September 17, 1862. Hooker, ad^ancing toseize high ground nearly three-quarters of a mile distant, had not gone far before the glint of the rising sun disclosed the bayonet-points of a large Confederate force standing in a cornfield in his immediate front. This was a part of Jacksons Corps which hadarrived during the morning of the 16th from the capture of Harpers Ferry and had been posted in this position to surprise Hookerin his advance. The outcome was a terrible surprise to the Confederates. All of Hookers batteries hurried into action and openedwith canister on the cornfield. The Confederates stood bravely up against this fire, and as Hookers men advanced they made a de-termined resistance. Back and still farther back were Jacksons men driven across the ope
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