Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches)
Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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omiles, had routed their right wing and captured many pris-oners and twenty-eight heavy guns. But Rosecrans deter-mined to hold his ground and try again. The next day was New Years and but for a stray fusil-lade, here and there, both armies remained inactive, except thateach quietly prepared to renew the contest on the morrow.The renewal of the battle on January 2nd was fully expectedon both sides, but there was little fighting till four in the after-noon. Rosecrans had sent General Van Cleves division onJanuary 1st across the river to seize an elevation from which hecould shell the town of Murfreesboro. Bragg now sent Breck-inridge to dislodge the division, and he did so with splendideffect. But Breckinridges men came into such a position asto be exposed to the raking fire of fifty-two pieces of Federalartillery on the west side of the river. Returning the deadlyand constant fire as best they could, they stood the storm ofshot and shell for half an hour when they retreated to a place
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AX UNCEASING WORK OF WAR In the picture the contraband laborers often pressed into service by Federals are repairing the stringertrack near Murfreesboro after the battle of Stones River. The long lines of single-track road, often involv-ing a change from broad-gauge to narrow-gauge, were entirely inadequate for the movement of troopsin that great area. In these isolated regions the railroads often became the supreme objective of bothsides. When disinclined to offer battle, each struck in wild raids against the others line of communica-tion. Sections of track were tipped over embankments; rails were torn up, heated red-hot in bonfires, andtwisted so that they could never be used again. The wrecking of a railroad might postpone a maneuverfor months, or might terminate a campaign suddenly in defeat. Each side in retreat burned its bridgesand destroved the railroad behind it. Again advancing, each had to pause for the weary work of repair. amMK.ZZ~~ QP \p fRforohtfrr Glombat at ^tnnrs Iti

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