. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ssing the Antietam, ad-vanced against Hoods division on the Confederate left. Forseveral hours there was heavy skirmishing, which closed withthe coming of darkness. The two great armies now lay facing each other in a granddouble line three miles in length. At one point (the Unionright and the Confederate left) they were so near together thatthe pickets could hear each others tread. It required noprophet to foretell what would happen on the morrow. Beautiful
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ssing the Antietam, ad-vanced against Hoods division on the Confederate left. Forseveral hours there was heavy skirmishing, which closed withthe coming of darkness. The two great armies now lay facing each other in a granddouble line three miles in length. At one point (the Unionright and the Confederate left) they were so near together thatthe pickets could hear each others tread. It required noprophet to foretell what would happen on the morrow. Beautiful and clear the morning broke over the Mary-land hills on the fateful 17th of September, 1862. The sun-light had not yet crowned the hilltops when artillery fire an-nounced the opening of the battle. Hookers infantry soonentered into the action and encountered the Confederates in anopen field, from which the latter were presently pressed backacross the Hagerstown pike to a line of woods where they madea determined stand. Hooker then called on General Mansfieldto come to his aid, and the latter quickly did so, for he had led ^ & ^. THE THRICE FOOHT GROUND The field beyond the leveled fence is covered with both Federaland Confederate dead. Over this open space swept Sedgwicksdivision of Sumners Second Corps, after passing through the Eastand entering the West Woods. This is near where the ConfederateGeneral Ewells division, reenforced by McLaws and Walker,fell upon Sedgwicks left flank and rear. Nearly two thousandFederal soldiers were struck down, the division losing during theday more than forty per cent, of its entire number. One regi-ment lost sixty per cent.—thehighest regimental loss sus-tained. Later the right of theConfederate line crossed theturnpike at the Dunker church(about half a mile to the leftof the picture) and made twoassaults upon Greene, but theywere repulsed with greatslaughter. General D. , of Jacksons division,had been wounded. The braveStarke who su
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