File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739760236).jpg
DescriptionThe photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739760236).jpg
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' Text Appearing After Image: COPIRI&MT, ICVl THE WORK OF ONE SHELL Part of the Havoc Wrought on Maryes Heights by the Assault of Sedgwick on May .5, 1863. No sooner liadthey seized tlie stone wall than the victorious Federals swarmed up and ov<t the ridge above, driving the Con-federates from the rifle-i)its, capturing the guns of the famous AVashington Artillery which had so long guardedthe Heights, and inflicting slaughter upon the assaulting columns. If Sedgwick had had cavalry he could havecrushed the divided forces of Early and cleared the way for a rapid advance to attack Lees rear. In the))icture we see Confederate caisson wagons and horses destroyed by a lucky shot from the Second Massa-chusetts siege-gun battery planted across the river at Falmouth to support Sedgwicks assault. Surveyingthe scene stands General Herman Haupt, Chief of the Bureau of Military Railways, the man leaning againstthe stump. l?y liini is W. W. Wright, Superintendent of the ^lilitary Railroad. The photograpii was takenon Ma
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