. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . over-powered and eleven of the heavy guns were in the hands ofthe Confederates. Slowly the Union troops fell back, firing as they went;but they had no power to check the impetuous, overwhelmingcharge of the onrushing foe. McCooks two right divisions,under Johnson and Jeff. C. Davis, were driven back, but histhird division, which was commanded by a young officer whohad attracted unusual attention at the battle of Perryville—Philip II. Sheridan—held its ground
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . over-powered and eleven of the heavy guns were in the hands ofthe Confederates. Slowly the Union troops fell back, firing as they went;but they had no power to check the impetuous, overwhelmingcharge of the onrushing foe. McCooks two right divisions,under Johnson and Jeff. C. Davis, were driven back, but histhird division, which was commanded by a young officer whohad attracted unusual attention at the battle of Perryville—Philip II. Sheridan—held its ground. At the first Confed-erate advance, Sills brigade of Sheridans division drove thetroops in front of it back into their entrenchments, and in thecharge the brave Sill lost his life. While the battle raged with tremendous fury on theUnion right, Rosecrans was three miles away, throwing hisleft across the river. Hearing the terrific roar of battle at theother end of the line, Rosecrans hastened to begin his attackon Breckinridge hoping to draw a portion of the Confederateforce away from McCook. But as the hours of the forenoon A. O JS CO 4J c a V •3 .5, -o g t- o .a — S S -O 3 I I 5 a 3 5. iaeFFmr;~i?~tmw s Sutrr *
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