The Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville

New Union General in Chief Ulysses Grant began his campaign against Lee's Army of Northern Virginia the day before when he crossed the Rapidan.  Lee surprised him by attacking his advance immediately in an area of forest and shrub in Spotsylvania County.  CSA units under Ewell and Hill engaged in furious fighting with the advancing Union Corps of Warren and Sedgewick all day before holding their lines for the night.  (By John Osborne)
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First Bull Run, Virginia, July 21, 1861, Frank Leslie

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Rebecca Solnit, Dickinson College
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photograph
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No
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Public
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Great Battle at Bull's Run, VA., Fought on Sunday, July 21, Between the Federal Army Commanded by Gen. McDowell, and the Rebel Army Commanded by Jeff. Davis and Generals Beauregard and Johnston.- From a Sketch by Our Special Artist Accompanying Major-General McDowell's Command.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 3, 1861, 184-185.

"Counting Us Off," Florence Stockade, Florence, South Carolina, drawing

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Library of Congress
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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 9, 2010.
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drawing
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No
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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Public
Original caption
Florence military prison series - "Counting us off"/J.E. Taylor
Source citation
Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Collection
Source note
Artist:  James E. Taylor
Ezra Hoyt Ripple of Scranton, Pennsylvania, a former prisoner at Florence Stockade, commissioned James E. Taylor in 1897 to do a set of watercolors as lantern-slide illustrations for his extensive speaking engagements on his war-time experiences. 

"Drawing Rations," Florence Stockade, Florence, South Carolina, drawing

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Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 9, 2010.
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drawing
Use in Day View?
No
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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Public
Original caption
Florence military prison series - "Drawing Rations"/J.E. Taylor
Source citation
Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Collection
Source note
Artist:  James E. Taylor
Number 33 of a set.
Ezra Hoyt Ripple of Scranton, Pennsylvania, a former prisoner at Florence Stockade, commissioned James E. Taylor in 1897 to do a set of watercolors as lantern-slide illustrations for his extensive speaking engagements on his war-time experiences. 
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