Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States (1907) (14762854815)

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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most hearthe voice of Little Mac urging hismen on to victory. The defeat atManassas, and the destruction ofPopes trains, with the hot haste inwhich the troops had passed throughWashington, gave no time for theissuance of shoes, socks or other nec-essaries. The men who had trampedthrough the Chickahominy swampsand down the Virginia Valley wereragged and bleeding, but when the.order rose above the tumult: Giveground to the right, a mighty cheerswept along the lines as a cavalryof horsemen galloped madly to thefront, for the men in the ranks knewthat McClellan was coming. Therewas not a man at Antietam who didnot know that it was a last desperatechance to thwart the great Lee frommarching on to Washington, and pos-sibly Baltimore and Philadelphia.The people in the North eagerlyawaited the news. The National Cap-ital was almost in a state of panicIt was the hardest fought and bloodi-est single days battle of the war andmore men were killed than in anysingle days fight during the conflict.
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PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM IN 1862