. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ^iSt* ^^ ^-^^f COPYRIGHT, 15M, PATRIOT PlB ^Q, SECURITY FROM SlTtPRLSE. THE MOLE-HILL R.\MP.\RTS, XE.\R THE CRATER These well-made protections of sharpened spikes. ;vs formidable ;xs the pointed spears of a Roman legion, are chfvaux-di-iris-e of theConfederates before their main works at Petersburg. They were built after Eirropcan models, the same as employed in the Napo-leonic wars, and were vised by both besiegers and besieged along the lines south of the Appomattox. Those sho^sTi in this picturewere in front of the entrenchm
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ^iSt* ^^ ^-^^f COPYRIGHT, 15M, PATRIOT PlB ^Q, SECURITY FROM SlTtPRLSE. THE MOLE-HILL R.\MP.\RTS, XE.\R THE CRATER These well-made protections of sharpened spikes. ;vs formidable ;xs the pointed spears of a Roman legion, are chfvaux-di-iris-e of theConfederates before their main works at Petersburg. They were built after Eirropcan models, the same as employed in the Napo-leonic wars, and were vised by both besiegers and besieged along the lines south of the Appomattox. Those sho^sTi in this picturewere in front of the entrenchments near Elliotts salient and show how effectually it was protected from any attempt to storm theworks by rusliing tactics on the part of the Federal infantrj. Xot far from here lies the excavation of the Crater. assMMMsm. \yt Wxnyt auli Jail nf Jprt^rsburr; ^^ 4> ^• t^ Klf S^\ At four oclock on the morning of jNIarch 25, 1865, Gor-don had everything in readiness. His chosen band wore whitestrips of cloth across the breast, that they might distinguisheach other in the hand-to-hand fight that would doubtlessensue. Behind these
Size: 2917px × 857px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormillerfrancistrevelya, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
