Image: The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14759627631)

Description: Identifier: photographichist05mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880- Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: COPYRIGHT, 19)1, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. COWANS BATTERY ABOUT TO ADVANCE ON MAY 4, 1862 THE NEXT DAY IT LOST ITS FIRST MEN KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG Lieutenant Andrew Cowan, commanding, and First-Lieutenant William F. Wright, sit their horses on thefarther side of the Warwick River, awaiting the order to advance. After the evacuation of Yorktown by theConfederates on the previous night, Lees Mills became the Federal left and the Confederate right. TheCon federate earthworks are visible in front of the battery. This spot had already been the scene of a bloodyengagement. The First Vermont Brigade of General W. F. Smiths division, Fourth Corps, had chargedalong the top of the dam and below it on April Kith and had gained the foremost earthwork, called the WaterBattery. But General Smith received orders not to bring on a general engagement. The Vermonters werewithdrawn, suffering heavily from the Confederate fire. Their dead were recovered, under a flag of truce, afew Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14759627631)
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