. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . . FREDERICKSBURG—DISASTER FOR ANEW UNION LEADER The Armv of the Potomac had fought gallantly; it had not lost asingle cannon, all its attacks being made by masses of infantry; it hadexperienced neither disorder nor rout. But the defeat was complete, andits effects were felt throughout the entire country as keenly as in the ranksof the armv. The little confidence that Burnside had been able to inspirein his soldiers had vanished, and the respect which everybo
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . . FREDERICKSBURG—DISASTER FOR ANEW UNION LEADER The Armv of the Potomac had fought gallantly; it had not lost asingle cannon, all its attacks being made by masses of infantry; it hadexperienced neither disorder nor rout. But the defeat was complete, andits effects were felt throughout the entire country as keenly as in the ranksof the armv. The little confidence that Burnside had been able to inspirein his soldiers had vanished, and the respect which everybody entertainedfor the noble character of the unfortunate general could not supply itsplace.—Comte de Paris, in History of the Civil War in America. THE silent city of military graves at Fredericksburg isa memorial of one of the bloodiest battles of the CivilWar. The battle of Antietam had been regarded a victory bythe Federals and a source of hope to the North, after a weari-some period of inaction and defeats. General George B. Mc-Clellan, in command of the Army of the Potomac, failed tofollow up this advantage and strike fast
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