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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

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WHER1. IU(,1.F.S ( AI.I. AMI KIFLES GLEAM Ilir men of llic 74th New York (nfantry, as they drill in their camp .if 1861, exemplify tin- martial splendor of Cutlers poem; norwas ils hero animated by a more unflinching resolve than they. Tin- regiments record tells the story It was organized in NewYork ami till August 20th was stationed at (amp Scott, on Staten Island, as the lift 11 in Sickles Kxeclsior Brigade. Barely amonth after Hull Run, the first overwhelming Federal defeat, this regiment was on its way to Washington. The fall of the year, asthe picture shows, was spent in the constant marching and drilling by which McClellan forged that fighting instrument known tofame as the Army of tin- Potomac The volunteers were indeed where bugles called ami rifles gleamed, hut they were impatient forservice on the great hot plain to hear the dissonant cries of triumph and dismay. .Marching about under the leafless trees over(7S)
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REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. ILLUSTRATION FOR THE VOLUNTEER ground frequently covered with snow did not satisfy llu-ir notions of the glory of military service. The next year brought to bothofficers iiiul men the long-nished-for opportunity. In April, isle., they Boated down the Potomac to take part in M<(lellans Pen-insula campaign. At the battle of Williamsburg, May 5th, the regiment performed distinguished service, fighting behind an abatisof felled timber and holding a position against the main forceof the Confederate army Of .<n of its number the regiment mightreport. And willi the dead be lay, and the total loss mounted to 143. Through the rest of the campaign, at Fair Oaks andduring the Seven Days Battles, it was in the bard fighting At Chancellorsville it served under < ieneral Berry, who was killed onMay :i, inc.! At Gettysburg it appeared with ranks thinned by two years of continuous service, yet sustained a loss of eighty-nine.

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