. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . s the sedgylowland, pressed up the hillside at fearful sacrifice and pushedagainst the Union front. It was a death grapple for themastery of the field. General Fee, sitting on his horse onan eminence where he could observe the progress of the battle,saw, coming down the road, General Hood, of Jacksons corps,who was bringing his brigade into the fight. Riding forwardto meet him, Fee directed that he should try to break the , disposing his men for the
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . s the sedgylowland, pressed up the hillside at fearful sacrifice and pushedagainst the Union front. It was a death grapple for themastery of the field. General Fee, sitting on his horse onan eminence where he could observe the progress of the battle,saw, coming down the road, General Hood, of Jacksons corps,who was bringing his brigade into the fight. Riding forwardto meet him, Fee directed that he should try to break the , disposing his men for the attack, sent them forward,but, reserving the Fourth Texas for his immediate command,he marched it into an open field, halted, and addressed it, giv-ing instructions that no man should fire until ordered and thatall should keep together in line. The forward march was sounded, and the intrepid Hood,leading his men, started for the Union breastworks eight hun-dred yards away. They moved at a rapid pace across the open,under a continually increasing shower of shot anil shell. Atevery step the ranks grew thinner and thinner. As they ~v. A GRIM CAPTURE The Second and Sixth Corps of the Federal Army repelled a desperate attack of General Magruder at Sav-age Station on June l29th. The next day they disappeared, plunging into the depths of White Oak Swamp,leaving only the brave medical officers behind, doing what they could to relieve the sufferings of the menthat had to be abandoned. Here we see them at work upon the wounded, who have been gathered fromthe field. Nothing but the strict arrest of the stern sergeant Death can save these men from capture, andwhen the Confederates occupied Savages Station on the morning of June 30th, twenty-five hundred sickand wounded men and their medical attendants became prisoners of war. The Confederate hospital facil-ities were already taxed to their full capacity in caring for Lees wounded, and most of these men wereconfronted on that day with the
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