. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 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
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 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 the bridges and build entrenchments before delay gave the Confederates time to reorganize theirforces and place them under the new E. Lee, junction whoith while McCleStonewall. FORT SUMNER. Copyright by Patriot fub. Co. NEAR FAIR OAKS commander, RobertIan lay inactive effected aJackson. Then during theSeven Days BattlesLee steadily drove McClellanfrom his position, within fouror five miles of Richmond, to anew position on the JamesRiver. From this secure andad\antageous water base AIc-CliUan planned a new lineof advance upon the Confeder-ate Capital. In the smallerpicture we see the interior ofthe works at Fair Oaks Station,which were named Fort Sum-ner in honor of the General whobrought up his Second Corpsand saved the day. The campof the Second Corps is seenIjeyond the fortifications tothe right. §;)^ posted themselves in this forest and were waiting for theirantagonists. The Federals marched upon the field in double-quick time; their movements became a run, and they beganfiring as they dashed forward. They were met by a witheringfir
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