Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States (1907) (14576125990)

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

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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gh-teenth of April, in 1861, three daysafter the firing on Fort Sumter, theyfound only the burning arsenal. Theyheld the coveted position with 6,500men, but fearing the attack of 20,000Unionists, deserted it. It was heldby the Union troops until 1S62, when,on the fifteenth of September, Stone-wall Jackson bombarded the townand forced its surrender. The Unionloss was 80 killed, 120 wounded,11,583 captured. The Confederateloss was 500. In this engagementwere the brave boys of the 12th NewYork State Militia; 39th, 1 nth, 115th,125th and 126th New York; 32nd,60th and 87th Ohio; 9th Vermont;65th Illinois; 1st and 3rd MarylandHome Brigade; 15th IndianaVol-unteers ; Phillips Battery; 5th NewYork; Grahams, Potts and RigbysBatteries; 8th New York; 12th Illi-nois, and 1st Maryland Cavalry. Itwas during these days that the Armyof the Potomac engaged the Confed-erate forces in bloody conflict atTurners and Cramptons Gap, SouthMountain,Maryland,leaving HarpersFerry again in the hands of the Union.
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PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT HARPERS FERRY THERE is not a fleet on the seasthat can withstand a modernbattery if kept under fire byproper obstructions. Modernsea-coast artillery can destroy a vesselat a single shot. The watchdog thatguarded the waterway to the Na-tional Capital in the Civil War wasFortress Monroe. The old stonefort, partially protected by masses ofearth that sheltered it from the viewand fire of the assailant, challengedthe ugliest iron-clads to pass throughHampton Roads. Fortress Monroeearly became the base of operationsand under its protection volunteerregiments were mobilized. When the2nd New York Volunteers reachedthe fort, about six weeks after thefiring on Fort Sumter, the 4th Mas-sachusetts Volunteers had come to theassistance of the regular garrison offour companies of artillery on dutyday and night over their guns. Some-thing of the conditions may be under-stood by the statement of an officerwho says that his men had to appearon parade with blankets wrappedabout them