Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States (1907) (14576458267)

Identifier: originalphotogra00eato (find matches)
Title: Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Eaton, Edward Bailey Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959. Martyrs on altar of civilization
Subjects: Eaton, Edward Bailey War photography
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : E.B. Eaton
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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riven back with heavy loss. The war photographers here secured a photograph ofthe entrenchments in the woods where there was continuous fighting for six days. The FederalArmy forced its way through the mountainous country to the towering peaks of Kenesaw Mountain,Lost Mountain, and Pine Mountain. On all these heights the Confederates had signal towers.The outlying hills were occupied by batteries. The cameras were carried to the heights of KenesawMountain and taken into its entrenchments. Shermans troops climbed this slope, through itstangled wood and rifle pits, in the face of a steady musketry and artillery fire. This really ended thefirst movement of Shermans campaign against Atlanta. Shermans losses during May and June wereover 2,000 killed and 13,000 wounded Johnstons losses were about 1,200 killed and nearly 14,000wounded. During the fifty-four days, both armies were depleted by 3,200 killed, 27,000 wounded. BATTLEFIELD OF NEW HOPE CHURCH, IN GEORGIA, MAY 25 TO JUNE 4, 1864 (86)
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GRANT and Lee met at ColdHarbor in a desperate strug-gle on the first day of Junein 1864, The following daywas occupied by a general massingfor the deadly encounter. Meadesarmy moved silently on the enemy atdaylight on the third and the resultwas the fiercest battle of the entirewar. There was a drizzling rain.The armies could hardly see the facesof their antagonists. Not a shot wasfired until they were upon each other.One hundred thousand muskets sim-ultaneously began their murderouswork at a range of sixty to seventyyards. Two hundred pieces of artil-lery added to the deafening roar. Itwas the tragedy of Fredericksburgand Gettysburg re-enacted. TheUnion soldiers pressed toward thesolid mass of lead and flame from theConfederate entrenchments only to beforced back. At times they swept tothe breastworks against the torrentsof musketry and mounted the para-pets. The assault lasted but twentyminutes and the Union Army lost inkilled, wounded and missing over14,000 men; the Confederate lo