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EVB7066542: US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, June 25-July 1, 1862. Behind the Union front line at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, 4 oclock in the afternoon, Friday, June 27. Reserve troops and artillery in formation to advance when called on by battle commanders. In the distance is the smoke from gun powder at the hot combat zone of the front battle line (wood engraving) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067011: US Civil War, Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. At Petersburg, four crews of Pennsylvania artillerymen stand still for group photo. Each gun had a crew of 8 plus 4 men to handle the horses and equipment / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066998: US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. Locomotives of the U.S. Military Railroad at the Union wharf and headquarters at City Point, on the James River. During the campaign, 21 miles of military railroad were built connecting City Point to the Union front lines at Petersburg / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067017: US Civil War, Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. Fort Mahone, named after Gen. William Mahone, was located 600 yards northwest of Union Fort Sedgwick. Both were the strongest and most forward positions on their respective front lines. Photo was taken in April 1865, after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond to Union forces / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067021: US Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 (b/w photo), O'Sullivan, Timothy (1840-82) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067032: US Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.(b/w photo), O'Sullivan, Timothy (1840-82) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066974: US Civil War. The Overland Campaign, Battle of Spotsylvania, May 8 to 18, 1864. Union soldiers attack the Confederates in Laurel Hill, May 10th. The Union's battle goal was not to take territory, but to permanently weaken the Confederate army. In the course of two weeks fighting, the Union suffered 18,000 casualties and the Confederate 11,500. The Union's greater population made such higher loses affordable (lithograph), American School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067069: Confederate General George Pickett, fought throughout the US Civil War. Immediately after the war he went to Canada, but returned to Virginia the following year. His young third wife, La Salle Corbell Pickett, was widowed when Pickett died in 1875. She promoted him as a 'Lost Cause' hero, in her lectures and two books, 'Pickett and His Men,' and 'The Heart of a Soldier', 1913 / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067099: View of Chattanooga with Lookout Mountain in the distance during the US Civil War. The Union Army retreated to the city after losing the Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. They were then besieged by Confederates and in danger of being starved into surrender / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067103: US Civil War. Battle of Lookout Mountain, Nov. 23-24, 1863. 10,000 Union troops assault Confederate in a fortified position on Lookout Mountain. After 6 hours fighting in the fog and mist, the Union advance halted. Overnight, the Confederates withdrew to positions on Missionary Ridge (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067105: US Civil War. Battle of Chattanooga. Union army of 14,000 attacked Orchard Knob, defended by only 634 Confederates, on Nov. 24, 1863. Upon capture, the Federals entrenched, establishing General Grant's forward observation post for the assault upon Missionary Ridge (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067112: Three soldiers take in the view from Point Lookout, on Lookout Mountain, with the Tennessee River in the distance. Photo was probably taken after the Nov. 1863 US Civil War battles near Chattanooga / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067113: Private Henry McCollum with fellow soldiers of 78th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on Lookout Mountain. After the Chattanooga Campaign of Sept.-Nov. 1863, they would invade Georgia in 1864 / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067122: US Civil War. Atlanta Campaign, May 7 Sept. 2, 1864. Abandoned Confederate defenses near Atlanta after the city was captured by Union army. The dramatic sky was made by photographer George Barnard, when he printed separate cloud negatives, in combination with the ground view, Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067127: US Civil War: General Sherman during the siege Atlanta in 1864 (litho), Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067128: US Civil War. Atlanta Campaign, May 7 Sept. 2, 1864. Siege of Atlanta, July 22 through Sept. 2, 1864. Union soldiers occupy a captured fort on the Confederate line before Atlanta. There is a bomb shelter with sturdy wood beams, and an earth covered roof. Photographed by George Barnard, after the Confederate surrender and retreat from the city on Sept. 2, 1864, Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067131: Allatoona Pass Looking North, Georgia, 1864. George Barnard photographed the two railroad tracks north of Atlanta, after the Battle of Allatoona Pass, Oct. 5, 1864. Confederates were unable to dislodge the Union garrison of 2,000 soldiers guarding the supply depot. Note the fortification with slots for artillery on top of the left hill, Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067136: US Civil War. Federal occupation of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 2 -Nov. 15, 1864, by the Union Army of Gen. William Sherman. Panoramic view taken from the cupola of the Female Seminary on Oct. 1864, shows Atlanta before being burned. Some sites were authorized for burning by Union army, while others burned from the spread of the authorized fires, and others by rouge Union soldiers. Photo by George Barnard (photo), Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067143: US Civil War. Federal occupation of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 2 - Nov. 15, 1864, by the Union Army of Gen. William Sherman. A street in Atlanta with a destroyed bank building, intact neighboring buildings, and covered wagons traffic. The dramatic sky was created by photographer George Barnard, when he printed separate cloud negatives, in combination with the ground view, Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067145: US Civil War. Federal occupation of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept 2 -Nov. 15, 1864, by the Union Army of Gen. William Sherman. These railroad cars and rolling mill were destroyed by Confederates on their evacuation of Atlanta, Sept. 1, 1864. Photo by George Barnard, Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067148: US Civil War. Sherman's March to the Sea, Nov. 15 - Dec. 21, 1864. Savannah, Georgia, on the Savannah River, c. 1864-65. The city was the destination of Union General William Sherman's 60 mile wide swatch of destruction. On Dec. 21, 1864, Sherman occupied Savanah, after the Confederate garrison of 10,000 evacuated the city, allowing its capture without a destructive battle / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066959: US Civil War. Sherman's Carolina Campaign, Feb. 1-April 26, 1865. Sherman's March through South Carolina began with the burning of McPhersonville, Feb. 1st. The Union army of 60,000 looted, destroyed, and burned their way from Charleston to the state capital, Columbia, and on into North Carolina (wood engraving) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067046: US Civil War. Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Cavalry General Philip Henry Sheridan made his famous ride from Winchester to rally his retreating army to victory in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864 (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067047: US Civil War. Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Union General Philip Sheridan's final charge at Battle of Opequon (aka 3rd Battle of Winchester), Sept. 19, 1864. The Federals won the battle, but at the cost of 5,020 Union against 3,610 Confederate casualties (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067009: US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. The 'Dictator' siege mortar at Petersburg. In the foreground, 3rd from right, is Brig. Gen. Henry Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. Beside him in high boots, is Col. Henry Abbot, the artillery crew's commander. Photo by David Knox, Knox, David (fl.1860s) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067010: US Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066975: US Civil War. The Overland Campaign, Battle of Spotsylvania, May 8 to 18, 1864. Union soldiers led by Col. Emory Upton make a bayonet charge on the Confederate's Mule Shoe salient, which they overran without firing a shot, May 10th. They were forced to withdraw when Rebel reinforcements arrived (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066982: US Civil War. The Overland Campaign, Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1863. The Union army attacked the heavily fortified Confederate position in three separate assaults, all of which failed, resulting in 7,000 Union casualties, to only 1,500 for the Confederate defenders (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066987: US Civil War. Overland Campaign, May 4 to June 24, 1864. Gen. Ulysses Grant holds a council of war on June 2, 1864, before the Battle of Cold Harbor. Gen. Ulysses Grant sits near the tree trunks, smoking a cigar. To Grant's right is Col. Frederick Dent, and on his left is Asst. Sec. of War Charles Dana, and then Gen. John Rawlins. Photo by Timothy O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan, Timothy (1840-82) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066989: US Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg, Culps Hill, July 3, 1863 (oil on canvas) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7066990: US Civil War. General Ulysses Grant and his staff at the end of the US Civil War. Several of these officers would serve in Grant presidential administration, L to R: Ely Samuel Parker, 3rd from left; Orville Babcock, 6th; Grant, 8th; John Rawlins, 9th, and Adam Badeau, 13th / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067088: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863. Crowd gathered for the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg. President Lincoln is visible facing the crowd, not wearing a hat, below the third flag from the left. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles form a line at the edge of the crowd / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067094: US Civil War. Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Confederate line advancing through forest toward Union troops at twilight, Sept 19, 1863. The fighting continued until dark, when soldiers had to aim their rifles at sounds and muzzle flashes. At the end of the battle, Union soldiers fighting under Maj. Gen. George Thomas, withdrew north to Chattanooga, leaving the field and victory to the Confederates (drawing) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067078: Dead Confederate soldier lies in the 'Devil's Den', against the wall of stones, with his rifle, on the Gettysburg battlefield, c. July 4-6, 1863. The photograph was exposed by Timothy O'Sullivan, and later printed by Alexander Gardner. It is thought that O'Sullivan moved the body 40 yards to these rocks to create a dramatic, but not a strictly authentic, documentary photo. The soldier is believed to have died during a charge toward Little Round Top, O'Sullivan, Timothy (1840-82) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067081: US Civil War. Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.(b/w photo), O'Sullivan, Timothy (1840-82) / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067083: Tents of the General Hospital, at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, in August 1863 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
