. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . KILLED OR WOUNDED—HE COULD NOT TELL As a companion to the sad lines of the poem Roll Call, this Confederate soldier, fallen on the field ofSpotsylvania, speaks more clearly than words. He is but one of l200,(H)0 killed and died of woundsduring the war; yet there is a whole world of pitifulness in his useless trappings, his crumpled hat,his loosened straps and haversack. Here the young soldier lies in the gathering twilight, while hiscompanions far away answer to their
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . KILLED OR WOUNDED—HE COULD NOT TELL As a companion to the sad lines of the poem Roll Call, this Confederate soldier, fallen on the field ofSpotsylvania, speaks more clearly than words. He is but one of l200,(H)0 killed and died of woundsduring the war; yet there is a whole world of pitifulness in his useless trappings, his crumpled hat,his loosened straps and haversack. Here the young soldier lies in the gathering twilight, while hiscompanions far away answer to their names. The empty canteen will never more wet the lips of theupturned face, nor shall the long musket dropped in the moment of falling speak again to the THERE THEY STOOD IX THE FAILING LIGHT THESE MEN OF BATTLE, WITH GRAVE DARK LOOKS The spiril of Shepherds somber poem, Itoll Call, lives in this group—from the spadesmen whose last services to their comrades have I ii performed, to the solemn bearers of the muffled drums. Many more such occasions were to arise; for these soldiers belonged to the brigade thai suffered the greatest loss of life of any one brigade during the war; 1,172 of its men were either killed in battle ordied of wounds The same five regiments that lay in (amp (Irilfin when this picture was taken in 186] marched together in theGrand Review on Pennsylvania Avenue In Washington, in 1865 When their term of enlistment expired in lsiit. they had all re-enlisted and preserved the existence of the brigade. It was famous also for being composed entirely of troops from one State. Itcontained the Second, Third, fourth. Fifth and Sixth Vermont Infantry, and later the First Vermont Heavy Artillery. It wasin this respect conspi
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