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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Seven days Battles: the Confederate capital saved. (search)
The Seven days Battles: the Confederate capital saved. Henry W. Elson
View on the James, the river to which McClellan decided to swing his base on the first of the Seven days, June 26, 1862--not six weeks before, the gun shown had helped to repel the Union gunboats that endeavored to open McClellan's way to richmond
McClellan's one hope, one purpose, was to march his army out of the swamps and escape from the ceaseless Confederate assaults to a point on James River where the ford it, but finding that it would be a long and wearisome task, a bridge was hastily improvised at another place where the passage was made with more celerity.
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Ellerson's Mill — where Hill assaulted.
Not until after nightfall of June 26, 1862, did the Confederates of General A. P. Hill's division cease their assaults upon this position where General McCall's men were strongly entrenched.
Time after time the Confederates charged over the ground we see here at Ellerson's Mill, near
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December , 1860 -August , 1862 (search)