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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: War photography
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
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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was impeded also.The cold steel of the bayonetfinished the work which rifleshad begun. In the terribleturmoil of death the hopes ofboth Grant and Lee weredoomed to disappointment.The result was a victory forneither. Lee. disregarding hisown safety, endeavored to rallythe disordered ranks of .\. P.Hill, and could only be per-suaded to retire by the pledge ofLongstreet that his advancingforce would win the covetedvictory. Falling upon Han-cocks flank, the fresh troopsseemed about to crush theSecond Corps, as Jacksons menhad crushed the Eleventh theprevious year at Chancellors-\ille. But now, as Jackson, atthe critical moment, had fallenby the fire of his own men, soLongstreet and his stsiff, gallop-ing along the plank road, weremisUiken by their own soldiersfor Federals and fired upon. .\minie-ball struck Longstreet inthe shoulder, and he was carriedfrom the field, feebly waving hishat that his men might know-that he was not killed. Withhim departed from the field thelife of the attack.
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COP,RIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS tO \ c It? lattlr tn tip Wtlbrnt^ss 4- 4- ^- •■y ^\ That cohesion and strength in a battle-hne of soldiers, wherethe men can feel the touch, shoulder to shoulder, was want-ing, and the usual form and regular alignment was broken.It was two hours before the lines were re-formed. That shorttime had been well utilized bj- the Confederates. Greggseight hundred Texans made a desperate charge through thethicket of the pine against Webbs brigade of Hancockscorps, cutting through the growth, and wildly shouting amidthe crash and roar of the battle. Half of their number wereleft on the field, but the blow had effectually checked the Fed-eral advance. Wliile the battle was raging Grants general demeanorMas imperturbable. He remained with ^Nleade nearly the wholeday at headquarters at the Lacy house. He sat upon a stumpmost of the time, or at the foot of a tree, leaning against itstrunk, whittling sticks with his pocket-knife and smoking bigblack cigars—t

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